engenderer

English

Etymology

From engender +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdʒɛndəɹə/

Noun

engenderer (plural engenderers)

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.

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