FATHERED - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

the head of an organized crime family

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

Example: his father was born in Atlanta

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church)

Example: `Padre' is frequently used in the military

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization

Example: the tennis fathers ruled in her favor; the city fathers endorsed the proposal

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

the founder of a family

Example: keep the faith of our forefathers

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a person who founds or establishes some institution

Example: George Washington is the father of his country

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

Example: hear our prayers, Heavenly Father

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine

Example: in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

make (offspring) by reproduction

Example: Abraham begot Isaac; John fathered four daughters