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father
  1. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
  2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
  3. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
  4. A term of respectful address for a priest.
  5. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
  6. The founder of a discipline or science.
  7. A senator of Ancient Rome.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “How like your father you are.”
      “We do not have to be guided by the ways of our fathers. We have left the paths of our fathers. It is time to learn new ways, new paths, new traditions, which we will hand down to our children.”
      “Edison is regularly hailed as the father of the light bulb.”
fatha
  1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا‏ (‎أَلِف‏ (ʾalif)) or ى‏ (‎أَلِف مَقْصُورَة‏ (ʾalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.
  2. The vowel designated by this mark.
fatherdom
  1. (rare, archaic or regional) the state of being an father; fatherhood
  2. The world, sphere, or unity of fathers; fathers collectively.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “His fatherdom was evident in the way he cared for his children, providing unwavering love and guidance.”
      “Last year, when his illegitimate fatherdom fame was at its height, Levi had acquired management and was talking about writing his memoirs or pursuing an acting career.”
      “That the Aeschylean Oresteia turns on the conflict between motherdom and fatherdom is notorious.”
fathership
  1. The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
  2. (religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The idea of spiritual fathership that these biblical passages suggest became a dominant theme among early Egyptian solitary monks.”
      “The notion of God's fathership is also prominent in the Old Testament.”
      “It is possible that the fathership of the child born to the woman who remarries before the expiration of this waiting period can come into question.”
fatherling
  1. (affectionate) A father.
  2. A father's child.
fatherlessness
  1. The state or quality of being fatherless (not having a (living) father).
  2. Examples:
    1. “He describes the sociological evidence delineating the impact of fatherlessness upon children.”
      “Katya talks about a plague of fatherlessness in the Russia of this era — which I'm assuming is the late seventies.”
      “And again, here, both the United States and the United Kingdom, and arguably Canada, are witnessing the effects of fatherlessness on society.”
fatherer
  1. Agent noun of father: one who fathers.
fatherese
  1. baby talk from the baby's father
fatherness
  1. The state or quality of being a father.
fatherliness
  1. The property of being fatherly.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But his fatherliness holds that Pabo the archpriest was burnt.”
      “These were not her people, and she was far from home, and no amount of fatherliness or motherliness could make it so.”
      “It held the friendly fatherliness, the smooth steel of command.”
fatherhood
  1. The state of being a father.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is the first hard evidence that men are biologically prepared for fatherhood.”
      “After several frustrated attempts at demanding the right to practice my fatherhood, I gave up.”
      “Attention was also turned to the association of fatherhood with notions of provider and breadwinner.”
fatha
  1. (Geordie) father
fatherlings
  1. plural of fatherling
fatherships
  1. plural of fathership
fatherhoods
fatherers
  1. plural of fatherer
fathers
fathas
  1. plural of fatha
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