Antonyms for progenitor
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : proh-jen-i-ter |
Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈdʒɛn ɪ tər |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for progenitor
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