engenderer

English

Etymology

From engender +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈdʒɛndəɹə/

Noun

engenderer (plural engenderers)

Someone who engenders something or someone.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , 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 [transl. engendrant] beareth his offspring, holds the second place in this ranke.

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