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genitor

American  
[jen-i-ter] / ˈdʒɛn ɪ tər /

noun

  1. a parent, especially a father.

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-

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