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Synonyms for progenitor

Grammar : Noun
Spell : proh-jen-i-ter
Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər


Définition of progenitor

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French progenitour (mid-14c.), Old French progeniteur (14c.) and directly from Latin progenitor "ancestor, the founder of a family," agent noun from progenitus, past participle of progignere (see progeny). Related: Progenitive; progenital; progenitrix (c.1600).
  • noun forebear
  • noun parent
Example sentences :
  • The zany was progenitor to the specialist in humor, as we to-day have the unhappiness to know him.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • From every grave where a progenitor slept, he had heard a parent's voice.
  • Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It was the progenitor and type of all later non-rigid dirigibles.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • No scholar has ever pretended that Canaan was the progenitor of the negro race.
  • Extract from : « The Slavery Question » by John Lawrence
  • His brother William was the progenitor of the Murrays of Abercairnie.
  • Extract from : « Life of Sir William Wallace of Elderslie, Vol. I (of II) » by John D. Carrick
  • Do you think it is agreeable to me to be the progenitor of a race of nobodies?
  • Extract from : « The Wizard's Son, Vol. 2(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
  • It is to have Tyranny as your progenitor, and slavery as your prenatal cradle.
  • Extract from : « Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre » by Voltairine de Cleyre
  • Space is the progenitor of mind and is continually identified with mind.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
  • The Irish say he settled in Scotland, and was progenitor of the Campbells.
  • Extract from : « Dean of Lismore's Book » by Various
  • She is the progenitor of the whole flock, and her strain is the kind I need.
  • Extract from : « The Red Cow and Her Friends » by Peter McArthur

Antonyms for progenitor

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