"city father" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: city fathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} city father (plural city fathers)
  1. A senior municipal official, especially an elected official such as a mayor, a controller, or a municipal legislator. Coordinate_terms: town father, village elder Translations (Translations): kaupunginisä (Finnish), Stadtvater [masculine] (German), градоначальник (gradonačalʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), gradski otac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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