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Paterfamilias

A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

📖 Definitions of "Paterfamilias"

noun

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A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

🔄 Synonyms of "Paterfamilias"

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Word	Definition
patriarchnoun	(biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
head of householdnoun	The person responsible for governing a group that lives together, such as a family.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Paterfamilias"

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Word	Definition
head of householdnoun	The person responsible for governing a group that lives together, such as a family.
patriarchnoun	(biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
pater familiasnoun	Alternative spelling of paterfamilias. [A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.]
housefathernoun	The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.
familianoun	(historical) A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.
paternoun	(formal or humorous) Father.
materfamiliasnoun	The female head of a household.
lordnoun	A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
sirenoun	A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
highfathernoun	(rare) A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather.
fathernoun	A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
fatherdomnoun	The world, sphere, or unity of fathers; fathers collectively.
househeadnoun	The head of a household, typically the primary wage-earner.
papanoun	(often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
patriarchynoun	A power structure in which men are dominant.
husbandnoun	A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
patria potestasnoun	(historical) The legal power and rights of a Roman father over his children and descendants by virtue of his paternity.
patronnoun	A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
grandfathernoun	A father of someone's parent.
householdernoun	The head of a household.