Meaning

2 senses
  1. A procreator; one who begets.

  2. (figuratively)An originator; a creator.

More definitions
  • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

Translations

1 languages

Origin

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

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

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: begetters
Singularbegetter
Pluralbegetters

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbeget

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
begetter — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto