What is the meaning of Father?

noun

• A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father. )
  • usage: "his father was born in Atlanta"
  • synonyms: male parent, begetter
• The founder of a family.
  • usage: "keep the faith of our forefathers"
  • synonyms: forefather, sire
• Especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church. (`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches ; `Padre' is frequently used in the military)
  • synonyms: Padre
• Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom.
  • synonyms: Church Father, Father of the Church
• A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization.
  • usage: "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
• God when considered as the first person in the Trinity.
  • usage: "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
  • synonyms: Father-God, Fatherhood
• A person who founds or establishes some institution.
  • usage: "George Washington is the father of his country"
  • synonyms: founder, beginner, founding father
• The head of an organized crime family.
  • synonyms: don

verb

• Make children.
  • usage: "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
  • synonyms: beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring forth