| foster care | supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home |
| foster family | the family of a fosterling |
| foster home | a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency) |
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-brother
foster brother | your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents |
fosterhild
foster child
fosterling | a child who is raised by foster parents |
foster-daughter
foster daughter | someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth |
foster-father
foster father | a man who is a foster parent |
foster-mother
foster mother | a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child |
| foster-nurse | a nurse who raises another woman's child as her own |
foster-parent
foster parent | a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child |
foster-sister
foster sister | your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents |
foster-son
foster son | someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth |
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 |
| 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 (-) |
Dulles
John Foster Dulles | United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (-) |
Foster
Stephen Foster
Stephen Collins Foster | United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (-) |
| 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 |
foster
nurture | help develop, help grow, nurture his talents |
| foster | bring up under fosterage, of children |
foster
further | promote the growth of, Foster our children's well-being and education |
foster
surrogate | providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties, foster parent, foster child, foster home, surrogate father |