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Definition of Father

Father One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection. A respectful mode of address to an old man. A senator of ancient Rome. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity. To make one's self the father of; to beget. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.). To provide with a father. Related Definitions: Acknowledge, Address, Adopt, After, Also, An, Ancestor, Ancient, And, Any, Apostolic, Art, As, Assembly, Assume, Author, Authorities, Beget, Begotten, Being, By, Called, Care, Centuries, Chief, Child, Christ, Church, Collectively, Confessor, Contriver, Convent, Counsel, Daughter, Dignitary, Distinguished, Eldest, Especially, Example, Family, Father, First, For, Founder, Generator, Gives, God, Greek, Hence, Has, In, Latin, Legislative, Maintenance, Make, Male, Man, Member, Mode, More, Occupation, Of, Often, Old, One, Or, Origin, Originator, Own, Parent, Person, Plural, Policy, Practice, Priest, Producer, Profession, Progenitor, Protection, Provide, Race, Remote, Respectful, Responsible, Self, Senator, Son, Spoken, Statement, Superior, Supreme, Take, Teacher, Than, That, The, Theology, To, Trinity, Whether, Which, Who, With, Work

Father Quotations The child is father of the man. William Wordsworth I am sorry I could not see my father. Leon Czolgosz The Child is the father of the Man. William Wordsworth I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing. James E. Jones It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare

Father Translations father in Afrikaans is pa father in Danish is fader, far father in Dutch is pater, vaartje, papa, vader, ouder father in German is Vater father in Italian is padre, babbo father in Latin is gigno (genuit), abbas abbatis, pater patris father in Norwegian is far father in Portuguese is pai father in Spanish is padre father in Swedish is far, pappa, fader

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