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noun
a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a generator; an originator
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The genitals
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural, obsolete
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noun
a natural father or mother
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: progenitor, primogenitor
Narrower terms: parent
History
From Middle English genitour, from Old French genitor, geneteur, from Latin genitor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tōr; the Latin is also equivalent to genō + -tor.
