genitor
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnɪtər/
- Specialized
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genitor
- Rather, in a social order based on a particular construction of kin relations, those with authority discouraged dissident claims of paternity, even when it was known that the father was not the genitor.
Examples
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Because the royal lineage desired the power of numbers and held rights over a woman as a mother indefinitely, it seems that a wife had little initiative to limit her sexual relations to the male genitor.
Academic text (1998) -
To be sure, there are some societies in which the genitor's status is validated by the couvade, but as a rule, the father's legitimacy precedes the birth and does not result from it.
Academic text (2005) -
It reflected the pre-divorce belief that while a lover could be a genitor, only a husband could be Peter.
Academic text (1992) -
The male genitor in Dahomean woman-marriage was chosen from among the female husband's acquaintances or, if she was married, from among her husband's family.
Academic text (1998) -
A L P Parthenogenetic reversal, virgin birth, begat by Joyce, born of the incestuous transaction between the Fathers of the Capital and the genitors of Capital.
Fiction book (1991) -
His latest book, which popularized his theory of the so-called "genitors" (super-particles that fractured at the beginning of time, releasing all force and matter), had been on the Times' best-seller list for weeks.
Fiction book (1996) -
In some cultures, the role of the genitor is highly respected, as they are seen as pivotal to the family lineage.
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Many children feel a strong connection to their genitor, even if they do not live together.
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The legal rights of a genitor include responsibilities for the child's welfare and education.
Synonyms
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A person who brings a new life into the world or starts something new
A person or animal that has young
A person in your family from an earlier time, for example a parent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word genitor comes from the Latin root gen-, which means 'to be born' or 'to give birth' and is the same root as in generate and gene. So a genitor is the natural parent, the father or mother who 'produced' a child, which is why the word is used for a biological parent.