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primogenitor definition

primo·geni·tor (prī′mə jen′i tər, -tôr′)

noun

  1. the earliest ancestor of a family, race, etc.
  2. loosely an ancestor

Etymology: LL < L primus, first (see prime) + genitor, father < genitus, pp. of gignere: see genus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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