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paterfamilias
PA-tur-fa-mi-lee-uhs
noun
a father; male head of a clan, tribe, or household; a patriarch
1869Fyodor DostoevskyThe 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.1990Constance Ash The Stalking Horse And he, George Sert, artist of noble subjects, had been turned into a paterfamilias.2000Ethan Coen and Joel CoenO Brother, Where Art Thou?EVERETT: I'm the only damn daddy you got! I'm the damn paterfamilias!

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