genitor

/ˈdʒɛnədər/

Other forms: genitors

Definitions of genitor

1. noun

   a natural father or mother
   types:

   parent

   a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

   adopter, adoptive parent

   a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child

   empty nester

   a parent whose children have grown up and left home

   begetter, father, male parent

   a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

   filicide

   a parent who murders his own son or daughter

   female parent, mother

   a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

   stepparent

   the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage

   type of:

   primogenitor, progenitor

   an ancestor in the direct line