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primogenitor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun primogenitor has 1 sense
- primogenitor(n = noun.person) progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line; Array is a kind of ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
has particulars: genitor
CIDE DICTIONARY
primogenitor, n. [LL., fr. L. primus first + genitor a begetter.].
The first ancestor; a forefather. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
primogenitor, n.
1 the earliest ancestor of a people etc.
2 an ancestor.
1 the earliest ancestor of a people etc.
2 an ancestor.
Etymology
var. of progenitor, after PRIMOGENITURE
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