primogenitor

noun

ˌprī-mō-ˈje-nə-tər How to pronounce primogenitor (audio)
Definition of primogenitornext
as in ancestor
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent the family held a huge reunion to mark the 200th anniversary of their primogenitors' arrival in America

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  1. ancestor
  2. grandfather
  3. father
  4. progenitor
Noun
  • John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough and an ancestor of Winston’s, drew his sword to protect the prince from the panicking crowd, and Samuel Pepys, the celebrated diarist and Royal Navy administrator, witnessed the sinking.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • How brujas use spirituality to honor the ancestors on Día de Muertos.
    Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of ancestor
Noun
  • My grandfather, a rabbi who died this year, made it out of Europe before the Holocaust.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Hill, a father and grandfather, was remembered by his family and friends as a skilled tradesman and aspiring restaurateur, who had spent years working as a chef and restaurant manager.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of grandfather
Noun
  • One of the drivers in the original crash, her father and both police officers were standing in front of the cars involved when Geer crashed into the back of the Tacoma, police said in the affidavit.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Their father — whose name has not been confirmed — tried to cling on to them but they were swept away by the tide of water, state news agency EFE reported.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of father
Noun
  • While Bologna and Modena engaged in a friendly dispute over the paternity of Tortellini for centuries, the town of Castelfranco Emilia was declared its progenitor in the 1800s.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Overall, Double Exposure honors players’ personal experience with its progenitor by making your past decisions reverberate in Max’s.
    Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of progenitor
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