begetter

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from begetare

Definitions

  1. A procreator

    A procreator; one who begets.

    • Our fond Begetters, who would never die, Love but themselves in their posteritie.
  2. An originator

    An originator; a creator.

    • 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.
    • He was neither a wit nor a croquet champion, a hypnotic force nor a begetter of amateur theatricals.
    • Rumours are the begetters of gossip. Even more are they the begetters of song.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for begetter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA