Father Word Meaning

Old English fæder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vader and German Vater, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pater and Greek patēr

a man in relation to his child or children

male parent

• Margaret's father died at an early age
• they assumed that I was the father of the child

(often as a title or form of address) a priest

priest

• pray for me, father

early Christian theologians (in particular of the first five centuries) whose writings are regarded as especially authoritative.

authoritative early Christian theologians

(of a man) cause a pregnancy resulting in the birth of (a child)

cause pregnancy resulting in birth of child

• he fathered three children