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Definition progenitor in British English

progenitor noun

[countable] noun
/prəʊˈdʒenɪtə(r)/
1

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

Synonyms and related words
ancestor ancestry antecedents
1.1

a parent

Synonyms and related words
birth father birth mother birth parent
2

someone who has the original idea for something

Synonyms and related words
creative commons engineer the first
Definition progenitor in British English