begetter
pronunciation
How to pronounce begetter in British English:
UK [bɪ'ɡetə(r)]
How to pronounce begetter in American English:
US [bɪ'ɡetə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
Word Origin
- begetter (n.)
- mid-15c., agent noun from beget.
Example
- 1. The passage of a substantive health-care bill would be immensely to obama 's credit , but he would not be its only begetter .
- 2. But so did kenneth baker , his predecessor in the 1980s , and the original begetter of the national curriculum .