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progenitor |
2 definitions found 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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