Paterfamilias
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noun.
A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The father of a family; the head of a household; hence, sometimes, the head man of a community; the chief of a tribe.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
man
who is the head of a
household
,
family
or
tribe
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the male head of family or tribe
Word Usage
"Who can forgot the precocious language of George Clooney as his mouth spit out the word paterfamilias, so many times that it should have gotten old."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
materfamilias
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
adult male
head of household
man
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
abba
boss
bwana
chef
chief
variant
patresfamilias