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gen⋅i⋅tor

[jen-i-ter]
–noun
a parent, esp. a father.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L, equiv. to geni- (var. s. of gignere to beget) + -tor -tor; c. Gk genétōr, Skt janitar-
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gen·i·tor   (jěn'ĭ-tər)   
n.  
  1. One who produces or creates.

  2. Anthropology A natural father or mother.


[Middle English genitour, from Old French genitor, from Latin, from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
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