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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized paternoster 2. [Latin] chiefly British father

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Walter Horatio 1839-1894 English essayist & critic • Pateresque or Paterian adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Brit. colloq. father. Usage: Now only in jocular or affected use. Etymology: L

Moby Thesaurus

abba, dad, daddy, father, foster father, genitor, governor, old, pa, pap, papa, pappy, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop, pops, sire, stepfather, the old man