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View synonyms for city father

city father

noun

  1. any of the officials or prominent citizens of a city.


city father

noun

  1. a person who is active or prominent in the public affairs of a city, such as an alderman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of city father1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Imagine a New York city father without digestion; what a subject of scorn he would become to his constituency!

"We are turning into a city-father," he once said, trying to be the first to laugh.

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