Plural of progenitor

regular plural

The plural of progenitor is progenitors.

Forms of progenitor

The pouched metatherians, the progenitors of marsupials, used to be common all over North America.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 102. From the entry metatherian
Kapila's father was Kardama Prajapati, one of the early progenitors of the human race.2019, Swami Satyamayananda, Ancient Sages, Advaita Ashrama, →ISBN. From the entry Kardama
Only in puerice do we possess the inverecund innocence of our primaeval progenitors.1909, Frederick Rolfe, Don Renato. From the entry inverecund
For instance, the most plausible stylistic progenitors of Yorick's rhapsodic upliftments of language are the astonishing outbursts of Theocles in 'The Moralists'.1982, Mark Loveridge, Laurence Sterne and the argument about design. From the entry upliftment
Surely very noticeable, those five malted progenitors: probably gatherers of much of the wealth which set up the family, and shoved it by Qu.a. 1920, Louise Imogen Guiney, edited by Grace Guiney, Letters of Louise Imogen Guiney, volume 2, published 1926, page 152. From the entry qu.

noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
noun A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
noun An ancestral form of a species.

What is the plural of progenitor?: The plural of progenitor is progenitors.
Is progenitor countable?: Progenitor is a countable noun.

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