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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Progenitor \Pro*gen"i*tor\, n. [OF. progeniteur L. progenitor,
fr progignere progenitum to bring forth, to beget; pro
forth + gignere to beget. See {Gender} kind.]
An ancestor in the direct line a forefather.
And reverence thee their great progenitor. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
progenitor
n : an ancestor in the direct line [syn: {primogenitor}]
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