begetter

begetter noun: a procreator; one who begets.

Noun

begetter (plural begetters)

A procreator; one who begets.
- Our fond Begetters, who would never die,
  Love but themselves in their posteritie.1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, Dublin, page 17
- It was a mirror now,
  And in it a long perspective I could trace
  Of my begetters, dwindling backward each past each
  All with the family look,
  Whose names had since been inked down in their place
  On the recorder’s book,
  Generation and generation of my mien, and build, and brow.1917, Thomas Hardy, “The Pedigree”, in Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, London: Macmillan, page 63
(figuratively) An originator; a creator.
- To the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets Mr. W. H. all happinesse and that eternitie promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth.1609, William Shakespeare, “(please specify the sonnet number)”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […]^([Dedication]), London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- He was neither a wit nor a croquet champion, a hypnotic force nor a begetter of amateur theatricals.1911, Saki, “Tobermory”, in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, published 1912, page 30

தோற்றுவிப்பவர், தந்தை, தோற்றுவிக்கும் நிமித்த காரணம்

Even more are they the begetters of song.1980, Doris Lessing, The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, London: Jonathan Cape, page 3:
The [Metropolitan] line's begetter, Charles Pearson, had died of dropsy on 14 September 1862.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 35:
As the sponsor and begetter of extremism, it was only the army which could take on religious extremism along the north-western marches and the ‘secular’ brand of terrorism down south in Karachi.2015 March 17, Ayaz Amir, “So what else should Christians do?”, in The News International:

plural	begetters

From Middle English begetare, begettare, biȝetere, equivalent to beget + -er.

What does begetter mean?: Begetter means a procreator; one who begets.
What is begetter in Hindi?: Begetter in Hindi is जन्मदाता (janmadātā), जनक (janak). See Begetter meaning in Hindi.
How do you use begetter in a sentence?: Even more are they the begetters of song.
What part of speech is begetter?: Begetter is a noun.
What is the plural of begetter?: The plural of begetter is begetters.

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