engenderer

English

Etymology

From engender +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdʒɛndəɹə/

Noun

engenderer (plural engenderers)

1. One who, or that which, engenders something or someone.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , II.8:

     next to the care, which each living creature hath to his preservation, and to flie what doth hurt him; the affection which the engenderer [translating engendrant] beareth his offspring, holds the second place in this ranke.