begetternoun [ C ]
/bɪˈɡet.ər//bɪˈɡet̬.ɚ/old use or humoroussomeone who creates something:
He was a begetter of chamber music and concertos in the 1980s.
He made no secret of the fact that he was the only begetter of The Bellingford Gazette, a local magazine produced four times a year.
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- Sir Francis Galton, begetter of the eugenics movement, was a thoroughly nasty man in many ways.
- The begetters of the whole event are artist Chris Garratt and writer Mick Kidd.
- Directed by the only begetter of Driller Killer, this elliptical thriller is set at the interface of sleaze and glitz in Miami.
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