Definitions for Father

Father fa·ther

Spelling: [fah-th er]
IPA: /ˈfɑ ðər/

Father is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in Father (aefhrt).

Definitions for Father

noun

  1. a male parent.
  2. a father-in-law, stepfather, or adoptive father.
  3. any male ancestor, especially the founder of a family or line; progenitor.
  4. a man who exercises paternal care over other persons; paternal protector or provider:
  5. a person who has originated or established something:
  6. a precursor, prototype, or early form:
  7. one of the leading men in a city, town, etc.:
  8. Chiefly British. the oldest member of a society, profession, etc. Compare dean1 (def 3).
  9. a priest.
  10. (initial capital letter) Theology. the Supreme Being and Creator; God.
  11. a title of respect for an elderly man.
  12. the Father, Theology. the first person of the Trinity.
  13. Also called church father. Church History. any of the chief early Christian writers, whose works are the main sources for the history, doctrines, and observances of the church in the early ages.
  14. Ecclesiastical. (often initial capital letter) a title of reverence, as for church dignitaries, officers of monasteries, monks, confessors, and especially priests. a person bearing this title.
  15. fathers, Roman History. conscript fathers.

verb (used with object)

  1. to beget.
  2. to be the creator, founder, or author of; originate.
  3. to act as a father toward.
  4. to acknowledge oneself the father of.
  5. to assume as one's own; take the responsibility of.
  6. to charge with the begetting of.

verb (used without object)

  1. to perform the tasks or duties of a male parent; act paternally:

Origin of Father

before 900; Middle English fader, Old English fæder; cognate with German Vater, Latin pater, Greek patḗr, Sanskrit pitar, Old Irish athir, Armenian hayr

Examples for Father

Charles “father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.

"In truth, my father, I wished to avoid the pain of parting," rejoined Philæmon.

When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.

Do you mean that my father was mixed up like those old Indians?

“I heard them say, ‘He was shot twice,’” the father, Joseph Dossi, remembers.

The Milbreys, father and son, came up and greeted the group on the piazza.

Unlike Mlle. Higbee, she has not the father from Chicago nor elsewhere.

Ask the young noble, who has been to him as a father; and his response will be 'Anaxagoras.'

father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.

What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.

Word Value for Father
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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