Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for primogenitor
Noun
  • In a personal tie, her paternal ancestors were the owners of the woollen manufacturer and merchant, William Lupton & Co, which was based in Leeds.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • It was owned by the Torriani-Avanti family for more than 300 years, and yes, the same family whose ancestors now rest in Florence’s Santa Croce alongside Michelangelo and Galileo.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Most recently, she was appointed the newest royal patron of the Chartered College of Teaching, a position previously held by her late grandfather, Prince Philip.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • However, there’s the obvious wrinkle that her grandfather is the president of the United States.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The reason the belief is so strong is because of the lessons his father, Lionel Sr,.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • It’s been two years since Nowell became the lead singer in Sublime, the same band once headed by his late father, Bradley Nowell.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Anne Rice lore, Akasha is known as the progenitor of all vampires.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Astronomers have long puzzled over the apparent lack of luminous red supergiant stars in pre-explosion images, even though models predict that these stars should dominate the population of core-collapse supernova progenitors.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Primogenitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primogenitor. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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