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Definisjon av Father

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Noun
father - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
male parent, begetter
female parent, mother a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"
parent an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
dad, daddy, papa, pappa, dada, pop, pa an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
father-in-law the father of your spouse
old man an informal term for your father
Father - `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
Padre
priest a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
Father - God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
Father-God, Fatherhood
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"
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 Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
Church Father, Father of the Church
theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
christian religion, christianity a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
Father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
founder, beginner, founding father, father
conceiver, originator, mastermind someone who creates new things
cofounder one of a group of founders
coloniser, colonizer someone who helps to found a colony
Father - the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
forefather, father, sire
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Father - the head of an organized crime family
don, father
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Substantiv
Father - A male who sires and often raises a child.
Father - A male donator of sperm which resulted in conception or fertilisation.
Father - A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Father - A term of respectful address for a priest.
Father - A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
Father - The founder of a discipline or science.

Verb
Father - To be a father to; to sire.
Father - To give rise to.
Father - To act as a father; to support and nurture.

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  • A father is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring. The adjective "paternal" refers to father, parallel to "maternal" for mother. The verb 'to father' means to procreate or to sire a child.

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  • Father
    A male parent.
  • Father
    A person that has founded or originated, as in ''the father of our country''
  • Father
    The head of an organized crime family.
  • Father
    The Superior Being, the Creator, the Spirit because of which and in whom everything is, as He is being named by monotheists, mostly Jews and Christians.

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