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pater

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈpeɪtɚ/
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/ˈpeɪtɚ/ · /ˈpeɪtə/

Definition of pater

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (formal, humorous)Father.
    “Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way He spends the good oof that his pater has made Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.”
    “The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me. I'm a thing which every decent middle-class person hates, a problem, like the unemployed, you know, or the ex-soldier. We are always in such a hurry to forget uncomfortable things, and I'm an uncomfortable thing. Poor old dad; he gets me at breakfast; he gets me in the morning paper.”
    “Strangled by the wishes of pater / Hoping for the arms of mater / Get to me the sooner or later”
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noun

  1. (formal, humorous)Father.
    “Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way He spends the good oof that his pater has made Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.”
    “The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me. I'm a thing which every decent middle-class person hates, a problem, like the unemployed, you know, or the ex-soldier. We are always in such a hurry to forget uncomfortable things, and I'm an uncomfortable thing. Poor old dad; he gets me at breakfast; he gets me in the morning paper.”
    “Strangled by the wishes of pater / Hoping for the arms of mater / Get to me the sooner or later”

name

  1. A surname

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin paterbor. English pater Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.

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