père

[ per; English pair ]

noun

, French.

, plural pères [pe, r, pairz].

1. father.
2. senior:

   Dumas père.

père

/ pɛr; pɛə /

noun

1. an addition to a French surname to specify the father rather than the son of the same name Compare fils 1

   Dumas père

Example Sentences

Barcelona manager Pere Sunyer said he was not surprised by Manchester City’s approach to the game, but his players struggled to deal with their pressing.

From BBC

Pere started his activism five years ago as part of Greta Thunberg’s climate movement, but his focus has shifted to the cost of living for his fellow islanders.

From BBC

Pere points over to the port, far beyond the rows of street vendors and swelling crowds filling the square, explaining that some cruises disgorge as many of 12,000 visitors every day onto the island.

From BBC

Pere argues that putting limits on flights arriving and cruises docking will immediately ease the pressure on the island.

From BBC

“Your failure to act now to prevent these unnecessary and certain risks will imperil tens of thousands of convention attendees, inexcusably forcing them into close proximity to the currently planned First Amendment Zone,” Mr. Steggerda wrote to Kimberly A. Cheatle, the director of the Secret Service, referring to a designated protest site at Pere Marquette Park, a small public park on the bank of the Milwaukee River, about a quarter-mile from the arena hosting the convention.

From New York Times