Meanings
plural genitors
- a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
- 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 to be Antichristian. […], London: […] Edward Griffin for Nathaniel Butter, page 12 - in pluralobsoleteThe genitals
The same[…]healeth all paine and swellings of the genitors or stones.
1579, William Langham, The Garden of Health
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tōr
- Latingenitor
- Old Frenchgenitor
- Middle Englishgenitour
- Englishgenitor
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.
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genitor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genitor
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