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1. (n.) paterfamilias
the male head of a household or family, usu. the father.
Etymology: (1425–75; < L: lit., father of the household, with archaic genitive familiās of familiafamily)
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1. (noun) patriarch, paterfamilias
the male head of family or tribe
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1. (noun) paterfamilias
the head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master
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