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Definition of Primogenitor
1. Noun. An ancestor in the direct line.
Generic synonyms: Ancestor, Antecedent, Ascendant, Ascendent, Root
Specialized synonyms: Genitor
Definition of Primogenitor
1. n. The first ancestor; a forefather.
Definition of Primogenitor
1. Noun. An initial ancestor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Primogenitor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primogenitor
Literary usage of Primogenitor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. System of the Christian Certainty by Fr H R Frank (1886)
"If one now treats the question as to the possibility of the second Adam, as
archetypal primogenitor of a new human race, abstractly, namely, apart from the ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"... descended as I am from so great a man who was a player himself, I ought to do
all in my power to assist in glorifying the memory of my primogenitor. ..."
3. The Protestant Theological and Ecclesiastical Encyclopedia by John Henry Augustus Bomberger, Johann Jakob Herzog (1860)
"bondage, and the first High priest, as well as primogenitor of the ... In this
primogenitor of the Levitical priesthood, in this first High priest, ..."
4. Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution by Thomas Paine (1856)
"... law of primogenitor says, " it is the standing law of our landed inheritance :
and whicl without question, has a tendency, and I think," continues he, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Firstborn ; original ; primary ; constituent ; elemental.
primogenitor, (pri-mo-jen'-e-tur) «. s. Forefather. ..."
6. System of the Christian Certainty by Fr H R Frank (1886)
"If one now treats the question as to the possibility of the second Adam, as
archetypal primogenitor of a new human race, abstractly, namely, apart from the ..."
7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"... descended as I am from so great a man who was a player himself, I ought to do
all in my power to assist in glorifying the memory of my primogenitor. ..."
8. The Protestant Theological and Ecclesiastical Encyclopedia by John Henry Augustus Bomberger, Johann Jakob Herzog (1860)
"bondage, and the first High priest, as well as primogenitor of the ... In this
primogenitor of the Levitical priesthood, in this first High priest, ..."
9. Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution by Thomas Paine (1856)
"... law of primogenitor says, " it is the standing law of our landed inheritance :
and whicl without question, has a tendency, and I think," continues he, ..."
10. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Firstborn ; original ; primary ; constituent ; elemental.
primogenitor, (pri-mo-jen'-e-tur) «. s. Forefather. ..."
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