Father

noun
'fɑðər

Noun

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

    his father was born in Atlanta

    Similar:Begetter
    Type of:Parent
  • the founder of a family

    keep the faith of our forefathers

    Type of:AscendantAntecedentAncestor
  • a person who founds or establishes some institution

    George Washington is the father of his country

    Type of:OriginatorConceiverMastermind
  • 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

    Type of:Leader
  • `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

    Similar:Padre
    Type of:PriestTitle
  • (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

    Type of:TheologianTheologizerTheologist
  • the head of an organized crime family

    Similar:Don
    Type of:HeadChief
  • God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

    Similar:Father-godFatherhood

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