Pronunciation:/ˈfäT͟Hər, /
noun
- 1 a man in relation to his natural child or children.
- a male animal in relation to its offspring.
- (usually fathers) literary an ancestor.
- (also founding father) an important figure in the origin and early history of something:Dorsey should be remembered as the father of gospel music
- a man who gives care and protection to someone or something:the prince is widely regarded as the father of the nation
- the oldest or most respected member of a society or other body.
- (the Father)(in Christian belief) the first person of the Trinity; God.
- (Father)literary used in proper names, especially when personifying time or a river, to suggest an old and venerable character:Father Thames
- 2 (also Father)(often as a title or form of address) a priest:pray for me, Father
- 3 (the Fathers or the Church Fathers)early Christian theologians (in particular of the first five centuries) whose writings are regarded as especially authoritative.
verb
[with object]
- be the father of:he fathered three children
- (usually as nounfathering) treat with the protective care usually associated with a father:the two males share the fathering of the cubs
- be the source or originator of:a culture which has fathered half the popular music in the world
- (father someone on) make a woman pregnant:he fathered a child on a one-night stand
- assign the paternity of a child or responsibility for a book, idea, or action to:a collection of Irish stories was fathered on him
- archaic appear as or admit that one is the father or originator of:a singular letter from a lady, requesting I would father a novel of hers
Derivatives
fatherhood
Pronunciation:/-ˌho͝od/
noun
fatherless
adjective
fatherlessness
noun
fatherlike
Pronunciation:/-ˌlīk/
adjective & adverb
Phrases
like father, like son
proverb a son's character or behavior can be expected to resemble that of his father.
Derivatives
fatherhood
Pronunciation:/-ˌho͝od/
noun
fatherless
adjective
fatherlessness
noun
fatherlike
Pronunciation:/-ˌlīk/
adjective & adverb
Origin:
Old English fǣder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pater and Greek patēr
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