father
The definition of a father is defined as a priest in some religions, such as the Catholic church.
(noun)An example of father is a catholic priest.
Father is defined as a man who has impregnated a woman and had a child.
(noun)An example of a father is a man with a son.
To father means to impregnate a woman.
(verb)An example of father is when you and your wife conceive a baby.
See father in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a man who has begotten a child; esp., a man as he is related to his child or children
- a stepfather
- an adoptive father
- a father-in-law
- the male parent of a plant or animal
- a person regarded as a male parent; protector
- God, or God as the first person in the Trinity
- a forefather; ancestor: usually used in pl.
- an originator, founder, or inventor
- any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
- a senator of ancient Rome
- any of the leaders of a city, assembly, etc.: usually used in pl.
- any of the early Christian religious writers considered reliable authorities on the doctrines and teachings of the Church
- a Christian priest: used esp. as a title
Origin: ME fader < OE fæder, akin to ON fathir, OHG fater, Goth fadar < IE *pətḗr > L pater, Gr patēr, Sans pitár: ult. origin prob. echoic of baby talk, as in papa, Hindi bābū
transitive verb
- to be the father of; beget
- to look after or care for as a father does
- to bring into being; found, originate, or invent
- to take the responsibility for
- to impose improperly as a responsibility; foist: the mistake was fathered on him
See father in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child.b. A man who adopts a child.c. A man who raises a child.
- A male parent of an animal.
- A male ancestor.
- A man who creates, originates, or founds something: Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.
- An early form; a prototype.
- Father Christianity a. God.b. The first person of the Christian Trinity.
- An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
- A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
- One of the leading men, as of a city: the town fathers.
- or Father A church father.
- Abbr. Fr.a. A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.b. Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
- To procreate (offspring) as the male parent.
- To act or serve as a father to (a child).
- To create, found, or originate.
- To acknowledge responsibility for.
- a. To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.b. To assign falsely or unjustly; foist.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English fader
Origin: , from Old English fǽder; see pəter- in Indo-European roots
.See father in Ologies
Father
misopaterism
the hatred of one’s father. —misopaterist, n.
1. a community in which the father or oldest male is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe, and descent is traced through the male line.
2. government by males, with one as supreme. —patriarchist, n. —patri-archic, patriarchical, adj.
patricentric
tending to move toward or centering upon the father. See also matricentric.
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