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Word: progenitor
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Meaning:
Noun:
- An individual from whom one or more people (dyansty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
- A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors
- A founder
- biology An ancestral form of a species
- figurative A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- figurative Someone who originates something.
Source: Wiktionary
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