Begetter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A procreator; one who begets.

    "Our fond Begetters, who would never die, Love but themselves in their posteritie."

  2. 2
    a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) wordnet
  3. 3
    An originator; a creator. figuratively

    "To the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets Mr. W. H. all happinesse and that eternitie promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth."

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agentancestorancestorsapprenticearchitectartist

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"Our fond Begetters, who would never die, Love but themselves in their posteritie."

Etymology

From Middle English begetare, begettare, biȝetere, equivalent to beget + -er.

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