English to English noun
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a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) | | Example: his father was born in Atlanta
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the founder of a family | | Example: keep the faith of our forefathers
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`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 | | source: wordnet30
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(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 | | source: wordnet30
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a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization | | Example: the tennis fathers ruled in her favor the city fathers endorsed the proposal
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God when considered as the first person in the Trinity | | Example: hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
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a person who founds or establishes some institution | | Example: George Washington is the father of his country
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the head of an organized crime family | | source: wordnet30
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One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make children | | Example: Abraham begot Isaac Men often father children but don't recognize them
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To make one's self the father of; to beget. | | source: webster1913
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