kantaisä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
- progenitor noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.
Senses
kantaisä is used for these senses in English:
- founder (genetics) A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
- progenitor A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
founder — full definition
- noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
- verb To fail or fall apart, especially of a plan, negotiation, or ship.
progenitor — full definition
- noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.
- noun The original person that a family, tribe or nation traces its line back to.
- noun An ancestral form of a species.
- noun An earlier form or version that something else later developed from.
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