father

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    n.

  • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); male parent, begetter

    his father was born in Atlanta

  • the founder of a family; forefather, sire

    keep the faith of our forefathers

  • `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military; Father, Padre
  • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom; Church Father, Father of the Church, Father
  • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

    the tennis fathers ruled in her favor

    the city fathers endorsed the proposal

  • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; Father, Father-God, Fatherhood

    hear our prayers, Heavenly Father

  • a person who founds or establishes some institution; founder, beginner, founding father

    George Washington is the father of his country

  • the head of an organized crime family; don

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. See generation (definition 1).

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

fathers|fathered|fathering
syn.: breed bring about cause daddy originate priest produce sire
ant.: mother