Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-GEN'I-TOR
PRO-GEN-ER-A'TIONPRO-GEN'I-TURE
PRO-GEN'I-TOR, n. [L. from progigno; pro and gigno, to beget, Gr. γενναω.]
An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather. Adam was the progenitor of the human race.
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