PRIMOGENITOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancestor in the direct line

Synonyms:

primogenitor; progenitor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("primogenitor" is a kind of...):

ancestor; antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "primogenitor"):

genitor (a natural father or mother)

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