Engenderer

//ɛnˈdʒɛndəɹə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, engenders something or someone.

    "next to the care, which each living creature hath to his preservation, and to flie what doth hurt him; the affection which the engenderer [translating engendrant] beareth his offspring, holds the second place in this ranke."

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"next to the care, which each living creature hath to his preservation, and to flie what doth hurt him; the affection which the engenderer [translating engendrant] beareth his offspring, holds the second place in this ranke."

Etymology

From engender + -er.

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