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List of meaning for father

father, male parent, begetter(noun)

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

"his father was born in Atlanta"

forefather, father, sire(noun)

the founder of a family

"keep the faith of our forefathers"

Father, Padre(noun)

`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

Church Father, Father of the Church, Father(noun)

(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

father(noun)

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"

Father, Father-God, Fatherhood(noun)

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

"hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"

founder, beginner, founding father, father(noun)

a person who founds or establishes some institution

"George Washington is the father of his country"

don, father(verb)

the head of an organized crime family

beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth(verb)

make children

"Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

a male human parent

the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

Sir Isaac Newton is regarded by many as the father of modern science

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

our fathers founded this nation on the fundamental belief that no person is entitled to rule by divine right

the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe

let us ask humbly for the blessings of our Father in heaven

to become the father of

Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered

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