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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

progeniteur

, L.

progenitor

, fr.

progignere

progenitum

, to bring forth, to beget;

pro

forth +

gignere

to beget. See

kind.]

An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.

And reverence thee their great

progenitor

Milton.

Noun.

[L. from progigno; pro and gigno, to beget.]

An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.

Adam was the progenitor of the human race.