"paterfamilias" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “a woman who is the head of a household”",
      "word": "materfamilias"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From around 1425 to 1475 from late Middle English which itself came from the Latin term with the same meaning. From the Latin term pater (\"father\") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia (\"family\", \"household\"). Literally meaning \"father of the family\" or \"father of the household\". Compare the English word family.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paterfamiliases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "patresfamilias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "patresfamilias"
      },
      "expansion": "paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "en:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Leaders",
          "orig": "en:Leaders",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "en:Male people",
          "parents": [
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe."
      ],
      "id": "en-paterfamilias-en-noun-1vEjr8KM",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "household",
          "household"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "patriarch"
        },
        {
          "word": "pater familias"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rabb al-ʕāʔila",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "رَبّ اَلْعَائِلَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "húsbóndi"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "petrucio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭanuṭeri",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "word": "ტანუტერი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Paterfamilias"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Familienvater"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "páter famílias",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πάτερ φαμίλιας"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "word": "családfő"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "word": "családapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceann tí"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceann urra teaghlaigh"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "word": "padre di famiglia"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pater familias"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "word": "patri di famigghia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paterfamilias"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
          "word": "famülafat"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "paterfamilias"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “a woman who is the head of a household”",
      "word": "materfamilias"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From around 1425 to 1475 from late Middle English which itself came from the Latin term with the same meaning. From the Latin term pater (\"father\") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia (\"family\", \"household\"). Literally meaning \"father of the family\" or \"father of the household\". Compare the English word family.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paterfamiliases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "patresfamilias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "patresfamilias"
      },
      "expansion": "paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "en:Family",
        "en:Leaders",
        "en:Male people"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "household",
          "household"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "tribe",
          "tribe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "patriarch"
    },
    {
      "word": "pater familias"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rabb al-ʕāʔila",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَبّ اَلْعَائِلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "húsbóndi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "petrucio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭanuṭeri",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "word": "ტანუტერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Paterfamilias"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Familienvater"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "páter famílias",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πάτερ φαμίλιας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "word": "családfő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "word": "családapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann tí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann urra teaghlaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "word": "padre di famiglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pater familias"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "word": "patri di famigghia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paterfamilias"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a man who is the head of a household",
      "word": "famülafat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paterfamilias"
}