Father

English Meaning

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

1. A male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child.
2. A man who adopts a child.
3. A man who raises a child.
4. A male parent of an animal.
5. A male ancestor.
6. A man who creates, originates, or founds something: Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.
7. An early form; a prototype.
8. Christianity God.
9. Christianity The first person of the Christian Trinity.
10. An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
11. A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
12. One of the leading men, as of a city: the town fathers.
13. A church father.
14. A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
15. Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
16. To procreate (offspring) as the male parent.
17. To act or serve as a father to (a child).
18. To create, found, or originate.
19. To acknowledge responsibility for.
20. To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.
21. To assign falsely or unjustly; foist.
22. To act or serve as a father.