patriarch
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(noun) a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself |
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Synonyms: graybeard |
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Related Words: greybeard, old man |
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(noun) any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race |
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Related Words: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Noah, Simeon, antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch, father, forefather, sire |
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(noun) the head of family or tribe |
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Synonyms: head of household, paterfamilias |
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Related Words: chief, head, top dog |
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