a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child

a person’s ancestors (= people who are related to you who lived in the past)

the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about something or of doing something

<i>Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.</i>

the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church

to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant

to create new ideas or a new way of doing something

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