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PATERFAMILIAS
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Irregular inflected form: patresfamilias
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The male head of family or tribe
Synonyms:
paterfamilias; patriarch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("paterfamilias" is a kind of...):
head of household (the head of a household or family or tribe)
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
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