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father

noun as in male person who begets children

noun as in priest

verb as in sire

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Example Sentences

She was the ninth of 13 children and her father was an Anglican clergyman.

From BBC

My father had been sick the year before, so I had spent more time in the medical industrial complex than I ever had.

From Salon

She and the rapper’s father, Marshall Mathers Jr., performed in a band called Daddy Warbucks and married when she was a teenager.

Two arrests have been made by UK police investigating the case of a father and son who disappeared in Spain more than five years ago.

From BBC

These three different sisters are gathering for the same reason: Their father is going to pass.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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