1) Adult male 2) Daddy 3) Domestic big cheese 4) Head of household 5) Patriarch 6) VIP on a low level
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1) Dad
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• (n.) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.
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(from the article `inheritance`) The basic unit of society in ancient Rome was the `house,` the extended family ruled by its head, the paterfamilias, to whom his wife, his slaves, ... ...to the thing, but the defendant could respond by paying damages. The Roman law of persons put extraordinary power over things in the hands of...
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The head of a Roman family. The father who had the power of life and death over his children.
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Pa`ter·fa·mil`i·as noun ;
plural Pateresfamilias . [ Latin , from
pater father +
familias , gen. of
familia family.]
(Rom. Law) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.
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Paterfamilias: The male head of the family; the father figure. Paterfamilias is the Latin for father of the household. It is compounded from pater (father) + familias, which comes from familia (household), from famulus (servant, slave). The feminine counterpart is the materfamilias.
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paterfamilias, patresfamilias 1. The father of a family; male head of a household. 2. In Roman Law, the head of a family or household having the authority belonging to that position over the persons composing it; also, a person of either sex and any age who is sui juris and free from parental control.
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(Latin) the head of a household; the paterfamilias had power over the rest of his family and slaves; he was in charge of any family business, property and religious rites.
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noun the male head of family or tribe
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