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paterfamilias
pa·ter·fa·mil·i·as [ pàytər fə míllee əss, ptər fə míllee əss ] (plural pa·tres·fa·mil·i·as)


noun 
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father of family: a man in the role of father and head of a household
[15th century. < Latin, "father of a family"]
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