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Definition of Begetter
1. Noun. A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father). "His father was born in Atlanta"
Specialized synonyms: Dad, Dada, Daddy, Pa, Papa, Pappa, Pop, Father-in-law, Old Man, Pater
Generic synonyms: Parent
Derivative terms: Beget, Father, Fatherly
Antonyms: Mother, Female Parent
Definition of Begetter
1. n. One who begets; a father.
Definition of Begetter
1. Noun. A procreator; one who begets. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) An originator; a creator. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Begetter
1. one that begets [n -S] - See also: begets
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begetter
Literary usage of Begetter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakspeare's Sonnets Never Before Interpreted: His Private Friends by Gerald Massey (1866)
"I venture to doubt that the Elizabethans, who knew their man, ever mistook his
meaning, or were misled by his ' onlie begetter. ..."
2. Shakespeare's Sonnets Reconsidered: And in Part Rearranged with Introductory by William Shakespeare (1899)
"MR GEORGE CHALMERS AND HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD "begetter" IN THORPE'S
PREFACE. ... begetter ..."
3. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... but from God and nature ; the begetter being but either a channel or an
instrument, and having been himself before begotten or produced by ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... but from God and nature ; the begetter being but either a channel or an
instrument, and having been himself before begotten or produced by some other. ..."
5. A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace (1895)
"The essence of begetter and Begotten is identical."1 The Fourth Book contains
notes on the chief passages of Scripture which were relied on by Arian ..."
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