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pater

1 American  
[pey-ter, pat-er] / ˈpeɪ tər, ˈpæt ər /

noun

  1. British Informal. father.

  2. (often initial capital letter) the paternoster; Lord's Prayer.

  3. a recitation of it.

Pater 2 American  
[pey-ter] / ˈpeɪ tər /

noun

  1. Walter Horatio, 1839–94, English critic, essayist, and novelist.

Pater 1 British  
/ ˈpeɪtə /

noun

  1. Walter ( Horatio ). 1839–94, English essayist and critic, noted for his prose style and his advocation of the "love of art for its own sake". His works include the philosophical romance Marius the Epicurean (1885), Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), and Imaginary Portraits (1887)

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pater 2 British  
/ ˈpeɪtə /

noun

  1. facetious a public school slang word for father

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Etymology

Origin of pater

1300–50; Middle English < Latin: father

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