begetter
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- noun
- /bɪˈɡɛtər/
- Archaic
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progenitor
- Father: the begetter of a child; male parent; one who functions in a paternal capacity with regard to another.
Examples
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But just as the begetter and the begotten are one, so are the sender and the sent, because the Father and the Son are one; so too the Holy Spirit is one with them, because these three are one." (n18)
Academic text (2007) -
The father—the begetter of this child—looks unembarrassed as well, and the girls seem to think this is the normal thing to do in the forest.
Fiction book (1997) -
For me, children and the begetters of children.
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Just Mumsie's world of words, and the begetter who never came home to punish.
Fiction book (1998) -
Knowledge is a form of identity: "this knowledge is its word in such a way that it matches it exactly and is equal to it and identical... what is begotten is equal to the begetter" (Book 9.16).
Academic text (2003) -
It is a mistake, Hilary believes, to assume that because the divinity of the Begetter and Begotten are inseparable, the two are thereby the same.
Academic text (2007) -
In the Theaetetus, Socrates similarly asserts, "For when Homer talked about 'Oceanus, begetter of gods, and Tethys their mother,' he made all things the offspring of flux and motion."
Academic text (2017) -
The begetter of the child felt a deep sense of responsibility as a father.
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In myths, the begetter is often represented as a powerful figure who creates life.
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During the family reunion, everyone celebrated the legacy left by their begetter.
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Etymology
The word begetter comes from the verb beget, built from be- and get, and get here means 'bring into being', the same get you know in English. So a begetter was originally a father who 'brings a child into being', which is why it means a male parent.