paters

noun

plural of pater, chiefly British
as in dads
a male human parent Pater had promised to pay for military school after third form

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  1. dads
  2. fathers
  3. daddies
Noun
  • He's got big plans for Season 3 Popular captions for the meme joke about male authority figures like dads and uncles ordering the viewer to do ludicrous tasks.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In June, the Institute for Family Studies reported that today’s dads put in three times as many hours on housework and childcare as in the 1960s.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of dads
Noun
  • There were so many young women who were pregnant that day and the fathers of the babies were lost in the towers—from firefighters to office managers.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Others criticized them for often being the progeny of Asian mothers and white fathers, as though this were somehow their fault.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of fathers
Noun
  • Vegas is full of bachelor parties, drag revues, Elvis impersonators, wedding chapels, showgirls, leather daddies, casino grandmas, and enough sequins to blind Liberace.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
  • One of the world’s most famous baby daddies is getting a Netflix docuseries to chronicle his hectic life.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 May 2026
Definition of daddies
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“Paters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paters. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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