kantaisä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
- progenitor noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
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 forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- noun A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
- noun An ancestral form of a species.
- noun A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.