Meaning & use
pater
An informal, old-fashioned British term for one's father, especially used historically among upper-class or schoolboy speakers.
See it in a sentence
Pater is waiting in the car, the young man said, hurrying out the door.
In old British novels, characters sometimes refer affectionately to their pater rather than saying "father."
A note on using this word
Pater comes from Latin and now sounds distinctly old-fashioned or upper-class in modern British English.
Words with a similar meaning
dadfather
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