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| Abraham |
according to the Old Testament, the first of the postdiluvian patriarchs, father of Isaac, and ancestor of the Hebrews. |
| Atreus |
in Greek mythology, king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. |
| aunt |
the sister of one's mother or father. [1/2 definitions] |
| beget |
to generate (offspring); cause to begin life, esp. to father. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cepheus |
in Greek mythology, the king who was Cassiopeia's husband and Andromeda's father. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cronus |
in Greek mythology, a Titan who becomes ruler of the world by overthrowing his father Uranus, but is then overthrown by his son, Zeus; Saturn. |
| dad |
(informal) father. |
| daddy |
(informal) father. |
| Electra complex |
in Freudian psychoanalysis, the unconscious desire of a daughter for sexual gratification from her father, or her wish to take her mother's place in her father's affections. (Cf. Oedipus complex.) |
| Eurymos |
father of the prophet Telemos. |
| father figure |
a person whom one thinks of and responds to as a father. |
| fatherhood |
the state or fact of being a father. [2 definitions] |
| father-in-law |
the father of a person's wife or husband. |
| fatherless |
having no living biological father. [2 definitions] |
| fatherly |
of or appropriate to a father. |
| grandparent |
the father or mother of one's parent. |
| great-grandfather |
the grandfather of a person's mother or father. |
| great-grandmother |
the grandmother of a person's mother or father. |
| Icarus |
in Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus who, in trying to escape with his father from Crete, flew too high with wax-and-feather wings, and fell to his death when the sun melted them. |
| Isaac |
according to the Old Testament, the son of the patriarch Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau. |
| Jr. |
abbreviation of "Junior," used after a male person's name when he has the same first and last name as his father |
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