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English to English noun 1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)  his father was born in Atlanta source: wordnet30
2. the founder of a family keep the faith of our forefathers source: wordnet30
3. `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 source: wordnet30
4. (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 source: wordnet30
5. 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 source: wordnet30
6. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity hear our prayers, Heavenly Father source: wordnet30
7. a person who founds or establishes some institution George Washington is the father of his country source: wordnet30
8. the head of an organized crime family source: wordnet30
9. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. source: webster1913
verb 10. make children Abraham begot Isaac|Men often father children but don't recognize them source: wordnet30
11. To make one's self the father of; to beget. source: webster1913
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