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progenitour

progenitour is the obsolete form of progenitor.

Meaning of progenitor

Noun

progenitor (plural progenitors)

  1. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
    Synonyms:
    ancestor, forefather
  2. A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
    • Abraham, alias Ibrahim, is the presumed progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.
  3. An ancestral form of a species.
  4. (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
    • ARPANET was the progenitor of the Internet.
  5. (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
  6. A founder.

Forms of progenitour

pluralprogenitours

Questions about progenitour

What is progenitour the obsolete form of?
Progenitour is the obsolete form of progenitor.

Words near progenitour in the dictionary

  1. progenitor cells
  2. progenitorial
  3. progenitors
  4. progenitorship
  5. progenitorships
  6. progenitour
  7. progenitours
  8. progenitress
  9. progenitresses
  10. progenitrices
  11. progenitrix

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Adapted from Wiktionary: progenitour (page history and authors); progenitor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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