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genitors

genitors is the plural of genitor.

Meaning of genitor

Noun

genitor (plural genitors)

  1. a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
  2. a generator; an originator
    • […]prophane legends (though termed by their Genitours and forefathers, Aureæ Legendæ, Golden Legends)[…]1616, Richard Sheldon, “A Briefe Prelude, Shewing the Pseudo-Christianisme of Papists, in respect of their lying Signes, and Wonders”, in A Survey of the Miracles of the Church of Rome, prouing them...
  3. (in plural, obsolete) The genitals
    • The same[…]healeth all paine and swellings of the genitors or stones.1579, William Langham, The Garden of Health

Questions about genitors

What is genitors the plural of?
Genitors is the plural of genitor.

Words near genitors in the dictionary

  1. genitoplasty
  2. genitor
  3. genitorectal
  4. genitorial
  5. genitories
  6. genitors
  7. genitorture
  8. genitory
  9. genitoscopies
  10. genitoscopy
  11. genitosensory

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