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Meaning of father
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
father
n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your
father); "his father was born in Atlanta" [syn: {father},
{male parent}, {begetter}] [ant: {female parent}, {mother}]
2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
[syn: {forefather}, {father}, {sire}]
3: `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
[syn: {Father}, {Padre}]
4: (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 [syn: {Church Father}, {Father of the Church},
{Father}]
5: 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"
6: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear
our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: {Father}, {Father-God},
{Fatherhood}]
7: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
Washington is the father of his country" [syn: {founder},
{beginner}, {founding father}, {father}]
8: the head of an organized crime family [syn: {don}, {father}]
v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get},
{engender}, {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring
forth}]
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