HyperDic: progenitor

English > 1 sense of the word *progenitor*:
NOUN	person	progenitor, primogenitor	an ancestor in the direct line

progenitor > pronunciation
Sounds	prowjheh'nihter
Rhymes	abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter...

English > *progenitor*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	An ancestor in the direct line.
Synonym	primogenitor
Narrower	genitor	A natural father or mother
Broader	ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root	someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Spanish	ancestro, antepasado, progenitor
Catalan	progenitor