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noun : FATHER
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" ;
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2. (
) the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" ;
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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 ;
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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" ;
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6. (
) God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father" ;
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7. (
) a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" ;
verb : FATHER
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) make (offspring) by reproduction; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters" ;
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