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PRIMOGENITOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primogenitor mean?
• PRIMOGENITOR (noun)
The noun PRIMOGENITOR has 1 sense:
1. an ancestor in the direct line
Familiarity information: PRIMOGENITOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancestor in the direct line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
primogenitor; progenitor
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)
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