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408 words match “FATHER”

FATHER n. 12 definitions
en a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1.
FATHER LONGLEGS n.
See Daddy longlegs, 2.
FATHER-IN-LAW n.
The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in- law and daughter-in-law.
FATHER-LASHER n.
A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.
FATHERHOOD n.
The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.
FATHERLAND n.
One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
FATHERLESS a. 2 definitions
Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.
FATHERLESSNESS n.
The state of being without a father.
FATHERLINESS n.
The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.
FATHERLY a. 2 definitions
Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful. You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. Shak.
FATHERSHIP n.
The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
FOREFATHER n.
genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke. Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoni…
GODFATHER n. 2 definitions
ruction. There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).
GRANDFATHER n.
A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.
GRANDFATHERLY a.
Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.
GREAT-GRANDFATHER n.
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
STEPFATHER n.
The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
UNFATHERED a. 2 definitions
Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature. Shak.
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.
ABDICATE v.
To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
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