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PRIMOGENITOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancestor in the direct line
Synonyms:
primogenitor; progenitor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("primogenitor" is a kind of...):
ancestor; antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "primogenitor"):
genitor (a natural father or mother)