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plural fathers
1
a(1)
: a male parent
(2)
: a man who has begotten a child
also : a male animal who has sired an offspring
b capitalized
(1)
(2)
: the first person of the Trinity (see Trinity sense 1)
3
a
: one related to another in a way suggesting that of father to child
b
: an old man —used as a respectful form of address
4
often capitalized : a pre-Scholastic (see scholastic sense 1a) Christian writer accepted by the church as an authoritative witness to its teaching and practice
called also church father
fathered; fathering ˈfät͟h-riŋ 
ˈfä-t͟hə-
: to care for or look after someone as a father might
Example Sentences
Noun He became a father when he was 30. He's the father of three small children. He has been like a father to me. He was a father to me after my own father died. Verb He was praised for fathering a plan to improve the city's schools. Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Mike Memoli, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 His other daughter, Kate Cowell, posted on her Instagram account a photo from the 1980s of herself as a teenager next to her father. Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Like his father, Charles II had dissolved Parliament in 1679 and ruled by himself until his death in 1685. Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 Ryan was in touch with his biological father through Instagram, court records stated. CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 When her mother died in 2008, Valentine moved her father into her home until his death in 2019. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022 His father left school to become a butcher’s boy; his mother worked as a chambermaid. Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 His father had farming interests and the family moved to the Peninsula, first to San Carlos and then Burlingame. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022 Queen Elizabeth II herself was able to ascend to the throne only because her father had two daughters and no sons. Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2022 Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 And while a man can father multiple sets of children with no one the wiser (just look at Elon Musk), a woman? Katie Gutierrez, Town & Country, 28 July 2022 Nabil’s mother, Louise Braufman, met Roy in 1970 and soon asked him to have a child with an understanding: The musician would never have to father the boy emotionally or financially. Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 May 2022 Bowing to that reality, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in May that men who father a child during an affair with a married woman have the right to seek a role in the child's life. Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2022 According to the paper, the bounciest males might father more spiderlings by mating with the same female multiple times without being eaten, or by seeking out additional mates. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2022 The younger child, in particular, didn’t want to let her father out of her sight. Molly Parker, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2022 The total included three offspring of Nish, one of Monty and Rose’s 2020 chicks who went on to father the first Ohio nest in more than 80 years. Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022 Putting the motivations into sharper focus and throwing the scenario even father back in time are the suspects in Florida. Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022 See More
Noun
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, known by her family as Lilibet, was born April 21, 1926 — third in line to the throne after her uncle and her father. Mike Memoli, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 His other daughter, Kate Cowell, posted on her Instagram account a photo from the 1980s of herself as a teenager next to her father. Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Like his father, Charles II had dissolved Parliament in 1679 and ruled by himself until his death in 1685. Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 Ryan was in touch with his biological father through Instagram, court records stated. CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 When her mother died in 2008, Valentine moved her father into her home until his death in 2019. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022 His father left school to become a butcher’s boy; his mother worked as a chambermaid. Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 His father had farming interests and the family moved to the Peninsula, first to San Carlos and then Burlingame. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022 Queen Elizabeth II herself was able to ascend to the throne only because her father had two daughters and no sons. Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2022 Verb
Lord Corlys is the wealthiest man in Westeros and husband to Rhaenys and father to her children. Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 And while a man can father multiple sets of children with no one the wiser (just look at Elon Musk), a woman? Katie Gutierrez, Town & Country, 28 July 2022 Nabil’s mother, Louise Braufman, met Roy in 1970 and soon asked him to have a child with an understanding: The musician would never have to father the boy emotionally or financially. Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 May 2022 Bowing to that reality, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in May that men who father a child during an affair with a married woman have the right to seek a role in the child's life. Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2022 According to the paper, the bounciest males might father more spiderlings by mating with the same female multiple times without being eaten, or by seeking out additional mates. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2022 The younger child, in particular, didn’t want to let her father out of her sight. Molly Parker, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2022 The total included three offspring of Nish, one of Monty and Rose’s 2020 chicks who went on to father the first Ohio nest in more than 80 years. Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022 Putting the motivations into sharper focus and throwing the scenario even father back in time are the suspects in Florida. Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; akin to Old High German fater father, Latin pater, Greek patēr
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of father was before the 12th century Phrases Containing father
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