Definition of father | What does father mean?
What is the definition of the word FATHER?
Here is a list of definitions for father.
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
- the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
- `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
- (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
- 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"
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
- a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
- the head of an organized crime family
What are the verbs of the word FATHER?
Here is a list of definitions for father.
- make (offspring) by reproduction; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters"
What are the synonyms of the word FATHER?
What is another word for FATHER?. Here is a list of synonyms for FATHER
Words beginning with FATHER?
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What words can be made with FATHER?
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In which dictionaries does the word father exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes