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
    • 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  
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