fa·ther /ˈfɑðər/
1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
synset: father, male_parent, begetter
antonym: mother, female_parent
2. the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
synset: forefather, father, sire
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
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
synset: Church_Father, Father_of_the_Church, Father
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"
synset: father
6. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
synset: Father, Father-God, Fatherhood
7. a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
synset: founder, beginner, founding_father, father
8. the head of an organized crime family
1. make (offspring) by reproduction; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters"
synset: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring_forth
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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