Father
21father — n. 1) an expectant; proud father 2) a foster father; stepfather 3) a father to (he was like a father to them) 4) (misc.) the city fathers; a founding father * * * [ fɑːðə] a founding father proud father stepfather (misc.) the city fathers a… …
22father — 1. noun 1) his mother and father Syn: dad; daddy, pop, pa, dada, papa; old man, patriarch, paterfamilias 2) literary the religion of my fathers Syn: ancestor, forefather …
23father — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; akin to Old High German fater father, Latin pater, Greek patēr Date: before 12th century 1. a. a man who has begotten a child; also sire 3 b. capitalized …
24father — 1. noun /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ),ˈfaː.ðə,ˈfɑː.ðɚ/ a) A male who sires (and often raises) a child. My father was a strong influence on me. b) A term of address for an elderly man. Come, father; you can sit here. Ant: mot …
25father — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sire, forefather; founder, patriarch; priest, pastor; the Father, God. See ancestry, clergy, deity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A male parent] Syn. Sire, paterfamilias, progenitor, procreator, forebear,… …
26father — {{11}}father (n.) O.E. fæder father, male ancestor, from P.Gmc. *fader (Cf. O.S. fadar, O.Fris. feder, Du. vader, O.N. faðir, O.H.G. fater, Ger. vater), from PIE *pЙ™ter (Cf. Skt. pitar , Gk. pater, L. pater, O.Pers …
27father — In the OT ‘father’ can have a wider significance than the modern head of the nuclear family. He may be head of a tribe (Gen. 32:9) or a prophet (2 Kgs. 2:12). In a family, a father arranged marriages, could sell a son or daughter into slavery,… …
28father — fa•ther [[t]ˈfɑ ðər[/t]] n. 1) the begetter of offspring; male parent 2) cvb one s own father 3) a father in law, stepfather, adoptive father, or foster father 4) any male ancestor; forefather; progenitor 5) a man who gives paternal care to… …
29father — Makua kāne, makua. See stepfather. ♦ Spiritual father, ecclesiastical father, makua uhane. ♦ The same father, ho okahi nō makua kāne. ♦ To act, claim, or treat as a father, ho omakua kāne. ♦ Father Lyons, Makua Laiana …
30father — see like father, like son the child is the father of the man experience is the father of wisdom success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan it is a wise child that knows its own father the wish is father to the thought …
