patresfamilias

noun

plural of paterfamilias
as in patriarchs

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  1. patriarchs
  2. dads
  3. father figures
  4. old men
Noun
  • In the early years of Mormonism, polygamy was understood to reinstate the patriarchal and polygamous cultural norms of the Hebrew patriarchs, as depicted in the Hebrew Bible.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As in The History of New York, the Dutch patriarchs are invariably idle and quiescent.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of patriarchs
Noun
  • Mitt reminds me of these famous sports dads — Earl Woods, Richard Williams, Marv Marinovich — who put a golf club or tennis racket or football in their kids’ cribs.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Xu Fu and Ma Junsheng also play surrogate dads to Seif, whose increasingly violent eruptions threaten to change the course of his life more than once.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of dads
Noun
  • Looking back at the male Romanian male father figures, my father and I also grew up with my grandfather.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In the immediate aftermath of Wood's death, Gregson Wagner said the two father figures in her life — her biological father, British film producer Richard Gregson, and her stepfather, actor Robert Wagner — came together to support her.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of father figures
Noun
  • All of the designer pieces are bought from mostly old men in Italy and also flea markets in Paris.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Painfully aware of this, Shawn waited for one of the drunk old men to comment, heckle, make one of those incomprehensible jokes that drew rude laughter from adults.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of old men
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