genitor

American  

[jen-i-ter] / ˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /

noun

1. a parent, especially a father.

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genitor British  

/ ˈdʒɛnɪtə, -tɔː /

noun

1. the biological father as distinguished from the pater or legal father

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Etymology

Origin of genitor

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to geni- (variant stem of gignere to beget) + -tor -tor; cognate with Greek genétōr, Sanskrit janitar-

Example Sentences

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genitor

It is sad that a genitor after Roosevelt's own heart should be entirely forgotten.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now generation signifies something in process of being made, whereas paternity signifies the complement of generation; and therefore the name "Father" is more expressive as regards the divine person than genitor or begettor.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas

This, however, in strict grammatical language, is an approach to gender rather than gender itself; the difference from true grammatical gender being as follows:— Let the Latin words genitor and genitrix be declined:— Sing.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

Here the difference of sex is expressed by a difference of termination; the words genitor and genitrix being in a true etymological relation, i.e., either derived from each other, or from some common source.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

Therefore the more proper name of the divine person is begetter and genitor than Father.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas