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English - English Dict (Wordnet)
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Noun - the head of an organized crime family
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- George Washington is the father of his country
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
- hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
- 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
- (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
- `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
- the founder of a family
- keep the faith of our forefathers
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- his father was born in Atlanta
Verb - make children
- Men often father children but don't recognize them
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