"paterfamilias" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paterfamiliases [plural], patresfamilias [plural], pater familias [alternative]
Etymology: (c. 1425 to 1475) From late Middle English, from Latin pater familiās. From Latin pater ("father") + familiās, archaic genitive of familia ("family", "household"). Literally: "father of the family" or "father of the household". Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{bor|en|la|pater familiās}} Latin pater familiās, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|+|patresfamilias}} paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)
  1. A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe. Categories (topical): Family, Leaders, Male people Synonyms: patriarch Coordinate_terms (woman who is the head of a household): materfamilias Translations (a man who is the head of a household): رَبّ اَلْعَائِلَة (rabb al-ʕāʔila) [masculine] (Arabic), húsbóndi [masculine] (Faroese), petrucio [masculine] (Galician), ტანუტერი (ṭanuṭeri) (Georgian), Paterfamilias [masculine] (German), Familienvater [masculine] (German), πάτερ φαμίλιας (páter famílias) [masculine] (Greek), családfő (Hungarian), családapa (Hungarian), ceann tí [masculine] (Irish), ceann urra teaghlaigh [masculine] (Irish), padre di famiglia (Italian), pater familias [masculine] (Latin), patri di famigghia (Sicilian), paterfamilias [masculine] (Spanish), famülafat (Volapük)

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