primogenitor

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You're confusing the Democrats with the true party of primogenitor, the GOP.

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  1. noun The earliest ancestor.
  2. noun An ancestor or forebear.

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  • You're confusing the Democrats with the true party of primogenitor, the GOP. —  Patrick Ruffini
  • Their primogenitor Judah sold his brother Joseph into slavery claiming "Mission Accomplished", but the Lord made him eat humble pie within a few years. —  Eric Margolis
  • Governor Palin reiterated her message of peace through strength & quoted her primogenitor, Ronald Reagan, saying "freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction," and that we must fight to remain free. —  Latest Articles
 

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  1. Late Latin prīmōgenitor : Latin prīmō, at first (from prīmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots) + Latin genitor, begetter (from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see genə- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = Portuguese primogenitor = Italian primogenitore, primogenitor (cf. Middle Latin primogenitor, first-born), from Latin primus, first, + genitor, a parent, a father, from genere, gignere, beget, bring forth.
 

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