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A (generally human) male who begets a child.
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My father was a strong influence on me.
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A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
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A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
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Come, father; you can sit here.
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A term of respectful address for a priest.
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A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
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My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.
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The founder of a discipline or science.
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Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.
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Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
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Something inanimate that begets.
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A senator of Ancient Rome.