Texas
Lone-Star State
TX | the second largest state, located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico |
Father Father-God
Fatherhood | God when considered as the first person in the Trinity, hear our prayers, Heavenly Father |
| Father Brown | a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton |
| Apostle Apostelic Father | any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people |
Church Father
Father of the Church
Father | (Christianity) any of abouttheologians in the period from the nd to the th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine, in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church, the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome, those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom |
| city father | an important municipal official |
| don father | the head of an organized crime family |
father
male parent
begetter | a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father), his father was born in Atlanta |
| Father Padre | `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church), `Padre' is frequently used in the military |
| father | a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization, the tennis fathers ruled in her favor, the city fathers endorsed the proposal |
father figure
father surrogate | a man who takes over all the functions of the real father |
| father-figure | a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically |
| father-in-law | the father of your spouse |
forefather
father sire | the founder of a family, keep the faith of our forefathers |
foster-father
foster father | a man who is a foster parent |
founder
beginner founding father
father | a person who founds or establishes some institution, George Washington is the father of his country |
| Founding Father | a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in |
loner
lone wolf
lone hand | a person who avoids the company or assistance of others |
| Pilgrim Pilgrim Father | one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in |
pope
Catholic Pope
Roman Catholic Pope
pontiff
Holy Father
Vicar of Christ
Bishop of Rome | the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
Santa Claus
Santa
Kriss Kringle
Father Christmas
Saint Nicholas Saint Nick
St. Nick | the legendary patron saint of children, an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas |
Bushnell
David Bushnell
Father of the Submarine | American inventor who in designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (-) |
De Forest
Lee De Forest
Father of Radio | United States electrical engineer who inpatented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (-) |
| Father's Day | US: third Sunday in June |
beget
get engender
father
mother
sire
generate
bring forth | make children, Abraham begot Isaac, Men often father children but don't recognize them |
lone(a)
lonesome(a)
only(a)
sole(a)
solitary(a) | being the only one, single and isolated from others, the lone doctor in the entire county, a lonesome pine, an only child, the sole heir, the sole example, a solitary instance of cowardice, a solitary speck in the sky |
lone(a)
lonely(a) solitary | characterized by or preferring solitude, a lone wolf, a lonely existence, a man of a solitary disposition, a solitary walk |
alone(p)
lone(a)
lonely(a)
solitary | lacking companions or companionship, he was alone when we met him, she is alone much of the time, the lone skier on the mountain, a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel, a lonely soul, a solitary traveler |