Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Progenitor
progenitor, n. [ME < Fr. < L. prōgenitōr-em, ancestor < prō-, before (in time) + gign-ěre, beget.]
Predecessor; precursor; forerunner; originator; creator; begetter; father; [fig.] sunrise; God.
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