Definition of father

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Father (n.) One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent..

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Steppe :: Stepparent (n.) Stepfather or stepmother.
Filiety :: Filiety (n.) The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity.
Gossip :: Gossip (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Testamentary :: Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age..
Begetter :: Begetter (n.) One who begets; a father.
Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown..
Half Blood :: Half blood (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.
Father :: Father (n.) One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher..
Fatherland :: Fatherland (n.) One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
On :: On (prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on..
Homoiousian :: Homoiousian (n.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian..
Paternal :: Paternal (a.) Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate..
Forefather :: Forefather (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor..
Testimony :: Testimony (n.) Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians..
Father :: Father (n.) A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors..
Abba :: Abba (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch..
Fader :: Fader (n.) Father.
Primogenitor :: Primogenitor (n.) The first ancestor; a forefather.
Pape :: Pape (n.) A spiritual father; specifically, the pope..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..
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