Father
- Proper noun. (Christianity) God, the father of Creation.
- Proper noun. A title given to priests.
- Proper noun. One's father.
- Noun. A male who sires (and often raises) a child.
- Noun. A term of address for an elderly man.
- Noun. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
- Noun. The founder of a discipline or science.
- Verb. To be a father to; to sire.
- Verb. (figuratively) To give rise to.
- Verb. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
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