Thesaurus results for PATRIARCH

patriarch

noun

Definition of patriarch

as in grandfather

a man who is the head of a family Investors worried that the aging patriarch was soon to be replaced atop the family business by his less reliable oldest son.

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Recent Examples of patriarch Kazan said there wasn’t enough space to give the Irish American family — composed of patriarch and matriarch Samuel and Liza, plus their nine children, the screen time their story merited. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Dolan family patriarch Charles founded Cablevision, the cable TV company, which acquired 50% of the Knicks, Rangers and related businesses in 1994 and the rest of the MSG properties three years later. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The 2017 and 2011 squads both finished as state runner-ups under the program’s patriarch, head coach Kirk Martin, who returned to lead the Mavericks in 2023 following a five-year hiatus at other coaching stops. — Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2026 Domingo played the tyrannical show-biz patriarch Joe Jackson in the movie. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patriarch

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Noun

Two-year-old Bo often joins his grandfather to mend fences or can identify crops by sight in the fields, Tia Barrier said of her son.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026
Or travel back in time to Onwuachi’s family home in Trinidad and Tobago, where his grandfather made buljol saltfish salad.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of grandfather

Noun

My 80-year-old mother and 87-year-old father were singing Hindu prayers to celebrate one of the most important holidays of our faith.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Lozano Garita is the father of her two youngest children, relatives said.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026