Father | Mean of father in English Dictionary

/ˈfɑːðɚ/

• Noun
• a male parent
1. He became a father when he was 30.
2. He's the father of three small children.
3. He has been like a father to me.
4. the foal's father
5. He's a single father. [=a father who does not have a wife or partner]
6. “He's very stubborn.” “Well, like father, like son.” [=his father is also stubborn]
• a man who is thought of as being like a father
1. He was a father to me after my own father died.
• a person who was in someone's family in past times
1. She inherited the land on which her fathers toiled.
2. the faith of his fathers

• a man who invents or begins something
1. the father of modern science
2. George Washington is the father of our country.
• an older man who is one of the leaders of a city, town, etc.
1. Will the city fathers agree to it?
• a priest especially in the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church
1. Father Fitzgerald
2. Good morning, Father.
• Verb
• to become the father of (a child)
1. He fathered three children.
• to invent, create, or produce (something)
1. He was praised for fathering a plan to improve the city's schools.