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Meaning of father

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  father
      n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your
           father); "his father was born in Atlanta" [syn: {father},
           {male parent}, {begetter}] [ant: {female parent}, {mother}]
      2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
         [syn: {forefather}, {father}, {sire}]
      3: `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
         [syn: {Father}, {Padre}]
      4: (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 [syn: {Church Father}, {Father of the Church},
         {Father}]
      5: 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"
      6: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear
         our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: {Father}, {Father-God},
         {Fatherhood}]
      7: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
         Washington is the father of his country" [syn: {founder},
         {beginner}, {founding father}, {father}]
      8: the head of an organized crime family [syn: {don}, {father}]
      v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
           children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get},
           {engender}, {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring
           forth}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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