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Words with a similar base: father, forefather, founding_father

'father'

[father.n.01] as in: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

Examples:
his father was born in Atlanta

'father'

[forefather.n.01] as in: the founder of a family

Examples:
keep the faith of our forefathers

'father'

[father.n.03] as in: `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

'father'

[church_father.n.01] as in: (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'

[father.n.05] as in: a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

Examples:
the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
the city fathers endorsed the proposal

'father'

[father.n.06] as in: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

Examples:
hear our prayers, Heavenly Father

'father'

[founder.n.02] as in: a person who founds or establishes some institution

Examples:
George Washington is the father of his country

'father'

[don.n.03] as in: the head of an organized crime family

'father'

[beget.v.01] as in: make children

Examples:
Abraham begot Isaac
Men often father children but don't recognize them

Origins

					father (English)
└── fader (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── fæder (Old English (ca. 450-1100))