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    Pa·ter
    /ˈpādər/

    noun

    • 1. father: informal, dated British "the pater gives her fifty pounds a year as a dress allowance"
    • 2. a person's legal father: "a man's genitor was not necessarily the same individual as his pater"
  2. 1. ˈpä-ˌter often capitalized : paternoster. 2. ˈpā-tər [Latin] chiefly British : father. Synonyms. daddy. father. old man. papa. poppa. sire. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of pater in a Sentence. Pater had promised to pay for military school after third form. Word History. First Known Use.

  3. noun [ C ] UK old-fashioned formal us / ˈpɑː.t̬ɚ / uk / ˈpeɪ.tə r/ / ˈpɑː.tə r/ Add to word list. father. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Family: informal names. baba. bro. bruv. bubba. dad. grandaddy. grandbaby. grandkid. mama. mammy. mater. mom. nanny. old man. papa. rellie. sis. See more results »

  4. noun [ C ] UK old-fashioned formal uk / ˈpeɪ.tə r/ / ˈpɑː.tə r/ us / ˈpɑː.t̬ɚ / Add to word list. father. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Family: informal names. baba. bro. bruv. bubba. dad. grandaddy. grandbaby. grandkid. mama. mammy. mater. mom. nanny. old man. papa. rellie. sis. See more results »

  5. noun. facetious. a public school slang word for father. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Pater. 2.

  6. pater - an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

  7. Definitions of pater. noun. an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously. see more.

  8. Jun 4, 2024 · in our fathers' time: memoria patrum nostrorum. son of such and such a father, mother: patre, (e) matre natus. my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater ( vid. sect. XII. 10) to be disinherited: exheredari a patre.

  9. noun. British mainly facetious a public school slang word for father. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. from Latin. Word Frequency. Pater in British English. (ˈpeɪtə ) noun.

  10. What does the noun pater mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pater. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in British English. pater has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. Christianity (Middle English) life sciences (1940s) cultural anthropology (1940s)

  11. Definition of pater noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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