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ˈprocreˌator rare.
[a. L. prōcreātor, agent-n. f. prōcre-āre to procreate. So F. procréateur adj. (1547 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
One who or that which procreates or begets; a parent.
a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 203 b, He is vnkynd and vnnaturall, that will not cherishe hys natural parentes and procreators. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 185 They..neuer mention our sinnes, which are his chiefe procreatours. 1975Way Suppl. xxv. 12 In the sexual union, man and woman under God become procreators. |