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PA-tur-fa-mi-lee-uhs
noun
a father; male head of a clan, tribe, or household; a patriarch
1869The IdiotEven the general, the paterfamilias, though astonished at first, suddenly declared that, 'upon his honour, he really believed he had fancied something of the kind, after all.1990The Stalking Horse And he, George Sert, artist of noble subjects, had been turned into a paterfamilias.2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?EVERETT: I'm the only damn daddy you got! I'm the damn paterfamilias!Labels: Constance Ash, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Fyodor Dostoevsky
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