pater

Example Sentences

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The novel recounts the history and hardships of the Binewski clan, carnival folk whose pater- and materfamilias, Al and Crystal Lil, create their own freak show.

From Washington Post

For instance, we find closely matching terms in Latin with "pater," Sanskrit's "pitar" and in Greek with "patér" – all older languages that developed separately from the Germanic line.

From Salon

Most of the family members are there in merely supporting roles for the pater familias, although Don Jr might fancy a political career in the wake of daddy’s second – or third – term.

From The Guardian

The line “Hoping for the arms of mater” rhymes with pater, but I didn’t know what it was like to have a mother.

From The Guardian

It must be like the dipsy pater familias turning up to a family gathering where everyone knows he has frittered away their inheritance.

From The Guardian