A male parent

• old man

  1. One's father.
  2. One's husband or boyfriend.
  3. A man in authority; a boss.

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  1. One's father.
  2. One's husband or boyfriend.
  3. A man in authority; a boss.

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• pop

  1. To make a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  2. To burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  3. To move quickly or unexpectedly; appear abruptly:

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  1. To make a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  2. To burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  3. To move quickly or unexpectedly; appear abruptly:

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• pappy

  1. Of or resembling pap; mushy.

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  1. Of or resembling pap; mushy.

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• papa

  1. Father.

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  1. Father.

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• p.a.

  1. Father; papa.

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  1. Father; papa.

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• daddy

  1. A father.

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  1. A father.

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• dad

  1. A father.

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  1. A father.

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• sire

  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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A person from whom one is descended

• predecessor

  1. One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
  2. Something that has been succeeded by another:
  3. An ancestor; a forebear.

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  1. One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
  2. Something that has been succeeded by another:
  3. An ancestor; a forebear.

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• progenitor

  1. A direct ancestor.
  2. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
  3. An originator; a founder:

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  1. A direct ancestor.
  2. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
  3. An originator; a founder:

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• parent

  1. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
  2. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
  3. A person who adopts a child.

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  1. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
  2. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
  3. A person who adopts a child.

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• mother

  1. A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.

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  1. A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.

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• foremother

  1. A woman ancestor.

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  1. A woman ancestor.

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• forefather

  1. An ancestor.
  2. A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.

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  1. An ancestor.
  2. A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.

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• forebear

  1. A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.

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  1. A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.

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• ascendant

  1. Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
  2. Dominant in position or influence; superior.
  3. The position or state of being dominant or in control:

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  1. Inclining or moving upward; ascending or rising.
  2. Dominant in position or influence; superior.
  3. The position or state of being dominant or in control:

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• antecedent

  1. Going before; preceding.
  2. One that precedes another.
  3. A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.

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  1. Going before; preceding.
  2. One that precedes another.
  3. A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.

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• ancestor

  1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
  2. A forerunner or predecessor.
  3. The person from whom an estate has been inherited.

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  1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
  2. A forerunner or predecessor.
  3. The person from whom an estate has been inherited.

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One that creates, founds, or originates

• patriarch

  1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
  2. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
  3. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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  1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
  2. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
  3. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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• parent

  1. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
  2. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
  3. A person who adopts a child.

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  1. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
  2. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
  3. A person who adopts a child.

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• originator

  1. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

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  1. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

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• maker

  1. One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
  2. A party that signs a promissory note or contract.
  3. God. Often used with a possessive adjective:

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  1. One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
  2. A party that signs a promissory note or contract.
  3. God. Often used with a possessive adjective:

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• inventor

  1. a person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.

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  1. a person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.

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• founder

  1. To sink below the surface of the water:
  2. To cave in; sink:
  3. To fail utterly; collapse:

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  1. To sink below the surface of the water:
  2. To cave in; sink:
  3. To fail utterly; collapse:

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• entrepreneur

  1. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.

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  1. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.

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• creator

  1. One that creates:
  2. God. Used with the.

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  1. One that creates:
  2. God. Used with the.

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• author

  1. The writer of a book, article, or other text.
  2. One who practices writing as a profession.
  3. One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.

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  1. The writer of a book, article, or other text.
  2. One who practices writing as a profession.
  3. One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.

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• architect

  1. One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures.
  2. One that plans, devises, or organizes something:
  3. To plan, organize, and bring to fruition:

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  1. One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures.
  2. One that plans, devises, or organizes something:
  3. To plan, organize, and bring to fruition:

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A first form from which varieties arise or imitations are made

• prototype

  1. An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard:
  2. An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
  3. A typical example of a class or category:

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  1. An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard:
  2. An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
  3. A typical example of a class or category:

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• protoplast

  1. A cell of a plant, fungus, bacterium, or archaeon from which the cell wall has been removed, leaving the protoplasm and plasma membrane.

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  1. A cell of a plant, fungus, bacterium, or archaeon from which the cell wall has been removed, leaving the protoplasm and plasma membrane.

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• original

  1. Preceding all others in time; first:
  2. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
  3. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new:

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  1. Preceding all others in time; first:
  2. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
  3. Showing a marked departure from previous practice; new:

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• master

  1. The owner or keeper of an animal:
  2. The owner of a slave.
  3. One who has control over or ownership of something:

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  1. The owner or keeper of an animal:
  2. The owner of a slave.
  3. One who has control over or ownership of something:

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• archetype

  1. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype:
  2. An ideal example of a type; quintessence:
  3. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.

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  1. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype:
  2. An ideal example of a type; quintessence:
  3. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.

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To be the biological father of

• sire

  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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• procreate

  1. To produce offspring; reproduce.
  2. To produce (offspring); reproduce.

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  1. To produce offspring; reproduce.
  2. To produce (offspring); reproduce.

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• get

  1. To come into possession or use of; receive:
  2. To meet with or incur:
  3. To go after and obtain:

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  1. To come into possession or use of; receive:
  2. To meet with or incur:
  3. To go after and obtain:

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• breed

  1. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.
  2. To bring about; engender:
  3. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection:

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  1. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.
  2. To bring about; engender:
  3. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection:

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• beget

  1. To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
  2. To cause to exist or occur; produce:

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  1. To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
  2. To cause to exist or occur; produce:

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To cause to come into existence

• spawn

  1. The eggs of aquatic animals such as bivalve mollusks, fishes, and amphibians.
  2. Offspring, especially when occurring in large numbers.
  3. A product or an outcome:

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  1. The eggs of aquatic animals such as bivalve mollusks, fishes, and amphibians.
  2. Offspring, especially when occurring in large numbers.
  3. A product or an outcome:

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• sire

  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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• produce

  1. To bring forth; yield:
  2. To create by physical or mental effort:
  3. To manufacture:

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  1. To bring forth; yield:
  2. To create by physical or mental effort:
  3. To manufacture:

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• procreate

  1. To produce offspring; reproduce.
  2. To produce (offspring); reproduce.

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  1. To produce offspring; reproduce.
  2. To produce (offspring); reproduce.

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• parent

  1. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
  2. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
  3. A person who adopts a child.

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  1. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
  2. A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
  3. A person who adopts a child.

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• originate

  1. To bring into being; create or start:
  2. To come into being; start:

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  1. To bring into being; create or start:
  2. To come into being; start:

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• make

  1. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create:
  2. To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct:
  3. To form by assembling individuals or constituents:

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  1. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create:
  2. To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct:
  3. To form by assembling individuals or constituents:

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• hatch

  1. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.
  2. The cover for such an opening.
  3. A hatchway.

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  1. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.
  2. The cover for such an opening.
  3. A hatchway.

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• engender

  1. To bring into existence; give rise to:
  2. To procreate; propagate.
  3. To come into existence; originate.

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  1. To bring into existence; give rise to:
  2. To procreate; propagate.
  3. To come into existence; originate.

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• create

  1. To cause to exist; bring into being:
  2. To give rise to; produce:
  3. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:

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  1. To cause to exist; bring into being:
  2. To give rise to; produce:
  3. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:

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• breed

  1. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.
  2. To bring about; engender:
  3. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection:

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  1. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.
  2. To bring about; engender:
  3. To cause to reproduce, especially by controlled mating and selection:

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• beget

  1. To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
  2. To cause to exist or occur; produce:

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  1. To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
  2. To cause to exist or occur; produce:

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A male parent

• pops

  1. designating or of a symphony orchestra that plays semiclassical music or arrangements of popular music
  2. a pops orchestra, a pops concert, or a series of pops concerts

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  1. designating or of a symphony orchestra that plays semiclassical music or arrangements of popular music
  2. a pops orchestra, a pops concert, or a series of pops concerts

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• pop

  1. To make a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  2. To burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  3. To move quickly or unexpectedly; appear abruptly:

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  1. To make a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  2. To burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound.
  3. To move quickly or unexpectedly; appear abruptly:

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• pater

  1. Father.

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  1. Father.

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• pappy

  1. Of or resembling pap; mushy.

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  1. Of or resembling pap; mushy.

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• the governor

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• the old man

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• p.a.

  1. Father; papa.

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  1. Father; papa.

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• papa

  1. Father.

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  1. Father.

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• daddy

  1. A father.

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  1. A father.

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• dad

  1. A father.

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  1. A father.

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• male head of the household

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• ancestor

  1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
  2. A forerunner or predecessor.
  3. The person from whom an estate has been inherited.

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  1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
  2. A forerunner or predecessor.
  3. The person from whom an estate has been inherited.

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• begetter

  1. A procreator; one who begets.
  2. (figuratively) An originator; a creator.

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  1. A procreator; one who begets.
  2. (figuratively) An originator; a creator.

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• forefather

  1. An ancestor.
  2. A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.

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  1. An ancestor.
  2. A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.

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• forebear

  1. A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.

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  1. A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.

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• procreator

  1. One who procreates; a father or mother.
  2. (figuratively) One who originates or creates something.

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  1. One who procreates; a father or mother.
  2. (figuratively) One who originates or creates something.

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• progenitor

  1. A direct ancestor.
  2. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
  3. An originator; a founder:

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  1. A direct ancestor.
  2. An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
  3. An originator; a founder:

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• paterfamilias

  1. A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.

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  1. A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family.

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• sire

  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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  1. A biological father.
  2. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal.
  3. The plant or gamete responsible for fertilizing an ovule that develops into a seed.

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An originator

• creator

  1. One that creates:
  2. God. Used with the.

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  1. One that creates:
  2. God. Used with the.

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• author

  1. The writer of a book, article, or other text.
  2. One who practices writing as a profession.
  3. One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.

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  1. The writer of a book, article, or other text.
  2. One who practices writing as a profession.
  3. One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.

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• promulgator

  1. A person who promulgates; a publisher.

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  1. A person who promulgates; a publisher.

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• encourager

  1. One who gives encouragement.

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  1. One who gives encouragement.

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• supporter

  1. One that supports, as a structural member of a building.
  2. One who promotes or advocates; an adherent:
  3. An athletic supporter.

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  1. One that supports, as a structural member of a building.
  2. One who promotes or advocates; an adherent:
  3. An athletic supporter.

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• introducer

  1. Someone or something that introduces.

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  1. Someone or something that introduces.

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• publisher

  1. A person or business that produces and distributes something, such as a book or magazine, in printed or electronic form.

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  1. A person or business that produces and distributes something, such as a book or magazine, in printed or electronic form.

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• promoter

  1. One that promotes, especially an active supporter or advocate.
  2. A financial and publicity organizer, as of a boxing match or an artistic performance.
  3. The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.

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  1. One that promotes, especially an active supporter or advocate.
  2. A financial and publicity organizer, as of a boxing match or an artistic performance.
  3. The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.

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• sponsor

  1. One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.
  2. One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission, as to an organization.
  3. A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.

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  1. One who assumes responsibility for another person or a group during a period of instruction, apprenticeship, or probation.
  2. One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission, as to an organization.
  3. A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.

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• inventor

  1. a person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.

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  1. a person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.

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• founder

  1. To sink below the surface of the water:
  2. To cave in; sink:
  3. To fail utterly; collapse:

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  1. To sink below the surface of the water:
  2. To cave in; sink:
  3. To fail utterly; collapse:

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A civic or tribal elder

• solon

  1. A wise lawgiver.
  2. A legislator.

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  1. A wise lawgiver.
  2. A legislator.

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• dean

  1. An administrative officer in charge of a college, faculty, or division in a university.
  2. An officer of a college or high school who counsels students and supervises the enforcement of rules.
  3. The head of the chapter of canons governing a cathedral or collegiate church.

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  1. An administrative officer in charge of a college, faculty, or division in a university.
  2. An officer of a college or high school who counsels students and supervises the enforcement of rules.
  3. The head of the chapter of canons governing a cathedral or collegiate church.

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• city-father

  1. A municipal official, such as a council member.

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  1. A municipal official, such as a council member.

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• patriarch

  1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
  2. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
  3. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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  1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
  2. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
  3. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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A priest, especially a Roman Catholic or Anglican priest

• padre

  1. Father. Used as a form of address for a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
  2. A military chaplain.

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  1. Father. Used as a form of address for a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
  2. A military chaplain.

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• parson

  1. An Anglican cleric with full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
  2. A member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister.

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  1. An Anglican cleric with full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector.
  2. A member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister.

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• ecclesiastic

  1. Ecclesiastical.
  2. A minister or priest; a cleric.

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  1. Ecclesiastical.
  2. A minister or priest; a cleric.

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• pastor

  1. A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group.
  2. A layperson having spiritual charge over a person or group.
  3. A shepherd.

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  1. A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group.
  2. A layperson having spiritual charge over a person or group.
  3. A shepherd.

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An important early Christian

• anti-Nicene father

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• apostolic father

  1. A church father of the first or second century ad who was believed to have received personal instruction from the 12 Apostles or from their disciples.

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  1. A church father of the first or second century ad who was believed to have received personal instruction from the 12 Apostles or from their disciples.

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• Doctor of the Church

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• patriarch

  1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
  2. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
  3. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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  1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
  2. One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah.
  3. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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• martyr

  1. One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles.
  2. One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle.
  3. One who endures great suffering:

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  1. One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles.
  2. One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle.
  3. One who endures great suffering:

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• prophet

  1. A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
  2. One of the highest-ranking leaders of the Mormon church, considered by the faithful to be divinely inspired, and responsible for establishing and revising doctrine.
  3. A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.

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  1. A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
  2. One of the highest-ranking leaders of the Mormon church, considered by the faithful to be divinely inspired, and responsible for establishing and revising doctrine.
  3. A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.

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• gregory

  1. a masculine name: dim. Greg; var. Gregg; equiv. Fr. Grégoire, Ger. & Scand. Gregor, It. & Sp. Gregorio

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  1. a masculine name: dim. Greg; var. Gregg; equiv. Fr. Grégoire, Ger. & Scand. Gregor, It. & Sp. Gregorio

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• commentator

  1. A broadcaster or writer who reports and analyzes events in the news.
  2. One who writes or delivers a commentary or commentaries.

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  1. A broadcaster or writer who reports and analyzes events in the news.
  2. One who writes or delivers a commentary or commentaries.

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• hermit

  1. A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.
  2. A cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

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  1. A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.
  2. A cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

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