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Pater

//ˈpeɪtɚ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname
Noun
  1. 1
    Father. formal, humorous

    "Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way He spends the good oof that his pater has made Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade."

  2. 2
    an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin paterbor. English pater Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.

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