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primogenitor
 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun primogenitor has 1 sense
  1. progenitor, primogenitor - an ancestor in the direct line
    --1 is a kind of ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
    --1 has particulars: genitor

Definitions from the Web

Primogenitor

Noun

  1. One who is the first ancestor in a line, especially the first ancestor in a direct line.
  2. The first formed or developed part; the source; the origin.

Sample sentences:

  1. According to our family tree, John Smith was our primogenitor who arrived in America in the late 1700s.
  2. The primogenitor of this musical genre can be traced back to African rhythms and Western harmonies.

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