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Noun father has 8 senses
  1. father, male parent, begetter - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
    --1 is a kind of parent
    Antonyms: mother, female parent
    --1 has particulars:
     dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pater, pop; father-in-law; old man
    Derived form: verb father1
  2. forefather, father, sire - the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
    --2 is a kind of ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
    --2 has particulars: patriarch
  3. Father, Padre - `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
    --3 is a kind of priest
  4. Church Father, Father of the Church, Father - (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 Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
    --4 is a kind of theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
    --4 has particulars:
     Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose; Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great; Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo; Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great; Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen; Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom
  5. 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"
    --5 is a kind of     leader
  6. Father, Father-God, Fatherhood - God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
    --6 is a kind of hypostasis
  7. founder, beginner, founding father, father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
    --7 is a kind of originator, conceiver, mastermind
    --7 has particulars: cofounder; colonizer, coloniser; foundress
  8. don, father - the head of an organized crime family
    --8 is a kind of head, chief, top dog
,Verb father has 1 sense
  1. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
    --1 is one way to make, create
    Derived form: noun father1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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