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progeny

Best crossword clue

"Children or descendants"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/Part of speech nounSorted egnopryStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the immediate descendants of a person

Word origin

From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).

Used in a sentence

  • I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
  • One worm on a single plate can give rise to thousands of progeny after just a week or so.
  • Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?

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