progenitor

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A progenitor of someone is a direct ancestor of theirs. 祖先[正式] [usu with poss]
He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua. 他也是尼加拉瓜七位總統(tǒng)的祖先。
2. N-COUNT The progenitor of an idea or invention is the person who first thought of it. 先驅(qū); 創(chuàng)始人[正式] [usu with poss]
...Clive Sinclair, the progenitor of the C5 electric car. ...C5電動(dòng)汽車的創(chuàng)始人克萊夫·辛克萊爾。