a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

the founder of a family

`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

(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

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

a person who founds or establishes some institution

the head of an organized crime family

make children

a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton

the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas

a man who takes over all the functions of the real father

United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)

(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

American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)

a man who takes over all the functions of the real father

US: third Sunday in June

a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

the father of your spouse

the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

the status of a religious leader

the status of a father

the country where you were born

having no living father

not having a known or legally responsible father

like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective

the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father

like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective