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    PATERFAMILIAS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: patresfamilias  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The male head of family or tribeplay

    Synonyms:

    paterfamilias; patriarch

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("paterfamilias" is a kind of...):

    head of household (the head of a household or family or tribe)

    adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

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