father

[ˈfɑːðə]
n
a male parent
a person who founds a line or family; forefather
any male acting in a paternal capacity
a respectful term of address for an old man
a male who originates something
the father of modern psychology
a leader of an association, council, etc; elder
a city father
the eldest or most senior member in a society, profession, etc
father of the bar
a senator or patrician in ancient Rome
vb
to procreate or generate (offspring); beget
to create, found, originate, etc
to act as a father to
to acknowledge oneself as father or originator of
to impose or place without a just reason
- 习惯用语
- the father of a very large, severe, etc, example of a specified kind