pater

Examples

• All

• Pater, look at my wedding certificate.

  My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016)

• After school, I always enjoy chatting with my pater over tea.

• "May I join you?" the pater asked.

  Fiction book (1992)

• God help the poor pater.

  Howards End (1992)

• Mater, Pater, I made it just the way you like it.

  Buck Southworth: U.S. Air Force Flight Crew (2021)

• Pater, we may as well keep Howards End out of it.

  Howards End (1992)

• Met him a couple of times, you know; friend of the pater's, in a mild sort of way.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The pater wants to be fair, but money isn't elastic.

  Howards End (1992)

• Didn't want the pater to see me a little tiddly.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Also, I must admit, I didn't want to tell the pater everything I knew because he was so learned, so wise, so far my intellectual superior.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

P

paterfamilias

vspater

• Literature

1 9.9

A man who leads a family and makes its decisions, especially in ancient Rome

is a chiefly British, slang, joking form used by schoolboys for a father

P

pater of the family

vspater

• Archaic

9.9

A father who is the main adult in a family

is an informal, joking term mainly used by schoolboys for a father

Compounds

P

pater of the family

• Archaic

9.9

A father who is the main adult in a family

How Formal

father

∞ 1.0

pater

• Archaic

5 9.9

dad

• Informal

∞ 1.0

pa

• Informal

35 8.2

Surface Forms

Etymology