progenitor
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plural
progenitors
plural
progenitors
Britannica Dictionary definition of PROGENITOR
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1
formal
a
:
someone who first thinks of or does something
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a person who begins something
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the progenitors of modern art
b
:
something that is a model for something else
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something that begins the development of something else
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a mechanical progenitor [=precursor] of the modern computer
2
biology
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a person or animal in the past that is related to a person or animal living now
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ancestor
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wild cats that were the progenitors of the house cat
