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Pater

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Noun

1. pater

an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pater

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noun
British mainly facetious a public school slang word for father
noun
Walter (Horatio). 1839–94, English essayist and critic, noted for his prose style and his advocation of the "love of art for its own sake". His works include the philosophical romance Marius the Epicurean (1885), Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), and Imaginary Portraits (1887)

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Pater

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Walter (Horatio)1839-94; Eng. essayist & critic
noun
1.  Chiefly British, Informal
father
now only a humorous usage
2.  [P-]
paternoster

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pater

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n.
Chiefly British
Father.

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