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father
noun
a
male
parent
•
My
father
taught
me
how
to
ride
a
bike
.
My
father
taught
me
how
to
ride
a
bike
.
•
Emma
called
her
father
to
tell
him
the
good
news
.
Emma
called
her
father
to
tell
him
the
good
news
.
Old
English
fæder
,
from
Proto-Germanic
*fader
,
ultimately
from
Proto-Indo-European
*pH₂tér-
,
a
common
root
for
“
father
”
across
many
languages
.
noun
a
man
who
starts
or
invents
something
important
and
is
seen
as
its
originator
•
Alexander
Fleming
is
often
called
the
father
of
antibiotics
.
Alexander
Fleming
is
often
called
the
father
of
antibiotics
.
•
Sir
Tim
Berners-Lee
is
widely
regarded
as
the
father
of
the
World
Wide
Web
.
Sir
Tim
Berners-Lee
is
widely
regarded
as
the
father
of
the
World
Wide
Web
.
verb
to
be
the
male
parent
of
a
child
or
to
create
something
new
•
He
fathered
three
children
before
he
turned
thirty
.
He
fathered
three
children
before
he
turned
thirty
.
•
Scientists
discovered
that
one
male
turtle
had
fathered
over
a
hundred
hatchlings
on
the
island
.
Scientists
discovered
that
one
male
turtle
had
fathered
over
a
hundred
hatchlings
on
the
island
.
Father
noun
a
respectful
title
or
form
of
address
for
a
male
priest
in
some
Christian
churches
•
The
villagers
asked
Father
Miguel
to
bless
the
new
well
.
The
villagers
asked
Father
Miguel
to
bless
the
new
well
.
•
During
confession
,
I
spoke
quietly
with
Father
Thomas
.
During
confession
,
I
spoke
quietly
with
Father
Thomas
.
grandfather
noun
the
father
of
your
father
or
mother
•
My
grandfather
taught
me
how
to
fish
at
the
lake
every
summer
.
My
grandfather
taught
me
how
to
fish
at
the
lake
every
summer
.
•
After
the
war
,
her
grandfather
built
the
small
house
where
she
lives
now
.
After
the
war
,
her
grandfather
built
the
small
house
where
she
lives
now
.
From
grand
+
father
;
recorded
in
English
since
the
early
15th
century
.
verb
to
allow
someone
or
something
to
continue
under
an
old
rule
while
new
rules
apply
to
others
•
Existing
taxi
drivers
were
grandfathered
and
did
not
need
the
new
license
.
Existing
taxi
drivers
were
grandfathered
and
did
not
need
the
new
license
.
•
The
old
neon
sign
was
grandfathered
under
previous
regulations
,
so
the
restaurant
could
keep
it
.
The
old
neon
sign
was
grandfathered
under
previous
regulations
,
so
the
restaurant
could
keep
it
.
Derived
from
the
noun
sense
via
the
legal
term
“
grandfather
clause
”
in
late
19th-century
American
legislation
.