ˈjenəd.ər, -nəˌtȯ(ə)r noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English genytur, from Latin genitor, from genitus (past participle of gignere to beget) + -or — more at kin
: one who begets : father , parent
the genitor of that political hybrid, the corporate state — Avro Manhattan
specifically : the biological as distinguished from the legal father among certain primitive peoples — compare pater