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progenitor — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • parent noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.
  • progenitor noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

Senses

progenitor is used for these senses in English:

  • progenitor A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.

parent — full definition

  1. noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.
  2. noun The source or origin from which something else derives.
  3. verb To raise and care for a child.

progenitor — full definition

  1. noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
  2. noun A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
  3. noun An ancestral form of a species.
  4. noun A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.

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