PROGENITOR


Meaning of PROGENITOR in English

— progenitorial /proh jen'i tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ , adj. — progenitorship , n.

/proh jen"i teuhr/ , n.

1. a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.

2. a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor: the progenitor of modern painting.

[ 1350-1400; ME progenitor the founder of a family. See PRO- 1 , GENITOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .