father
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
How often you will meet it
Rank 174 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 136,384 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.065% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) also: male parent, begetter his father was born in Atlanta
- the founder of a family also: forefather, sire keep the faith of our forefathers
- `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 also: Padre
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine also: Church Father, Father of the Church
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization the tennis fathers ruled in her favorthe city fathers endorsed the proposal
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity also: Father-God, Fatherhood hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
father in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Their father died suddenly--and they did not come.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Her father and Brant were Bones men--why was the girl arguing against senior societies?
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Look, father, dost thou see that shining star That seems to stand above the town so far?
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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They are given to hiding a great deal, but the father in them can not be hid.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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But for ten years he and this sweet-faced elderly woman in the doorway had been father and mother to the orphaned girl.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1