Longfather
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A male ancestor.
"'I would have things as they were in all the days of my life,' answered Denethor, 'and in the days of my longfathers before me: to be the Lord of this City in peace, and leave my chair to a son after me, who would be his own master and no wizard's pupil."
Example
More examples"'I would have things as they were in all the days of my life,' answered Denethor, 'and in the days of my longfathers before me: to be the Lord of this City in peace, and leave my chair to a son after me, who would be his own master and no wizard's pupil."
Etymology
From long + father. Coined by English writer and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien.
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