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father

noun as in male person who begets children

noun as in priest

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But Susan had become so concerned by the standard of her father's care that she installed a secret camera in his room - and she was appalled by what she saw.

From BBC

He gets the idea after seeing a billboard for “Mrs. Doubtfire” outside the Fox Studios lot and steals facial prosthetics from his father, who happens to be an Oscar-winning makeup artist.

So Riley’s father John, a New Zealand national, sent a DVD of his daughter’s highlights to Auckland.

“I bet you never imagined the father of your kid looking like Macaulay Culkin in ‘Home Alone.’”

From Salon

Mr Moss said Royal Mail, who delivered the parcel, had done checks and it appears the package was received by Rudakubana's father, Alphonse.

From BBC

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

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