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Definition progenitor in American English

progenitor noun

[countable] noun
/proʊˈdʒenɪtər/
1

a person in your family who was born a long time ago

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ancestor ancestry antecedents
1.1

a parent

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birth father birth mother birth parent
2

someone who has the original idea for something

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creative commons engineer pioneer
2.1

the original idea or model for something that comes later

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creative commons engineer pioneer
Definition progenitor in American English