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father[1,noun] father[2,verb] father-in-law founding father Our Father

Main Entry: ¹fa·ther
Pronunciation: fäth-r, fth-
Function: noun
1 a : a male parent b capitalized : GOD 1 c capitalized : the first person of the Christian Trinity
2 : ANCESTOR 1
3 : one who cares for another as a father might
4 : a person who invents or begins something <the father of modern science>
5 : PRIEST -- used especially as a title
- fa·ther·hood /-hd/ noun
- fa·ther·less /-ls/ adjective

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