All 4 Uses of
progenitor
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Thou art, I vow, the remarkablest progenitor barring none in this chaffering allincluding most farraginous chronicle.†
Chpt 14 *
- BLOOM: When my progenitor of sainted memory wore the uniform of the Austrian despot in a dank prison where was yours?†
Chpt 15
- …guttural sounds, diacritic aspirations, epenthetic and servile letters in both languages: their antiquity, both having been taught on the plain of Shinar 242 years after the deluge in the seminary instituted by Fenius Farsaigh, descendant of Noah, progenitor of Israel, and ascendant of Heber and Heremon, progenitors of Ireland: their archaeological, genealogical, hagiographical, exegetical, homiletic, toponomastic, historical and religious literatures comprising the works of rabbis and…†
Chpt 17
- …letters in both languages: their antiquity, both having been taught on the plain of Shinar 242 years after the deluge in the seminary instituted by Fenius Farsaigh, descendant of Noah, progenitor of Israel, and ascendant of Heber and Heremon, progenitors of Ireland: their archaeological, genealogical, hagiographical, exegetical, homiletic, toponomastic, historical and religious literatures comprising the works of rabbis and culdees, Torah, Talmud (Mischna and Ghemara), Massor,…†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(progenitor) a direct ancestor (parent, grandparent, great grandparent, etc.)
or:
a predecessor, precursor, or early model of something
or:
someone who creates something