Father

  • 31Father — This is a very unusual and interesting English medieval surname. It originates from the pre 7th century Anglo Saxon fader meaning the father, and as such was a term of status or endearment not for a father as such, but for The father or chief of… …

    Surnames reference

  • 32father — Synonyms and related words: Establishment, VIP, abba, abbe, affiliate to, agent, ancestor, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, aunt, auntie, author, baron, bear, beget, begetter, beginner, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33father — [OE] Father is the English representative of a general Indo European family of words for ‘male parent’. Its ancestor is Indo European pətér, which probably originated (like the words for ‘mother’, and indeed like English daddy and papa and Welsh… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34father — noun 1》 a man in relation to his child or children.     ↘a male animal in relation to its offspring.     ↘a man who provides care and protection.     ↘the oldest member of a society or other body.     ↘(the Father) (in Christian belief) the first …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35father*/*/*/ — [ˈfɑːðə] noun I 1) [C] your male parent My father taught me to drive.[/ex] 2) Father used for talking to or about a Roman Catholic priest II verb [T] father [ˈfɑːðə] to make a woman pregnant and become the father of a child …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 36Father —    This word (from the Greek patēr, meaning father ) refers to the fact that Christianity, like many other religions, looks upon God as a Father. Jesus called God Abba (Father) and taught his disciples to pray to God as Our Father. (See CCC238… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 37father — A male parent. He by whom a child is begotten. Natural father; procreator of a child. For putative father, see that title. As used in law, this term may (according to the context and the nature of the instrument) include a putative as well as a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 38father — A male parent. He by whom a child is begotten. Natural father; procreator of a child. For putative father, see that title. As used in law, this term may (according to the context and the nature of the instrument) include a putative as well as a… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 39father — [OE] Father is the English representative of a general Indo European family of words for ‘male parent’. Its ancestor is Indo European pətér, which probably originated (like the words for ‘mother’, and indeed like English daddy and papa and Welsh… …

    Word origins

  • 40Father — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Father signifie « père » en anglais Father Knows Best est une série télévisée américaine. Father est un personnage de Fullmetal Alchemist.… …

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