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father
('f/A//D//@/r )

noun (n)

  • a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)(noun.person)
    Example:
    His father was born in Atlanta.
    Synonym:
    begetter, male parent
    Antonym:
    female parent, mother
    source: wordnet30
  • the founder of a family(noun.person)
    Example:
    Keep the faith of our forefathers.
    Synonym:
    forefather, sire
    source: wordnet30
  • `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(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    padre
    source: wordnet30
  • (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(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    church father, father of the church
    source: wordnet30
  • a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization(noun.person)
    Example:
    The tennis fathers ruled in her favor.
    The city fathers endorsed the proposal.
    source: wordnet30
  • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity(noun.person)
    Example:
    Hear our prayers, Heavenly Father.
    Synonym:
    father-god, fatherhood
    source: wordnet30
  • a person who founds or establishes some institution(noun.person)
    Example:
    George Washington is the father of his country.
    Synonym:
    beginner, founder, founding father
    source: wordnet30
  • the head of an organized crime family(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    don
    source: wordnet30
  • One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • make children(verb.body)
    Example:
    Men often father children but don't recognize them.
    Synonym:
    beget, bring forth, engender, generate, get, mother, sire
    source: wordnet30
  • To make one's self the father of; to beget.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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