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

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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

O pater, O genitor, O sanguen dis oriundum!

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Da jungere dextram Da, genitor; teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro.

From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)

Vos ego saepe meo, vos carmine conpellabo, 25Teque adeo eximie taedis felicibus aucte Thessaliae columen Peleu, cui Iuppiter ipse, Ipse suos divom genitor concessit amores.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir