pater
[pey-ter; also for 2, 3 pat-er]
- British Informal. father.
- (often initial capital letter) the paternoster; Lord's Prayer.
- a recitation of it.
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Origin of pater
Pater
[pey-ter]
- Walter Horatio,1839–94, English critic, essayist, and novelist.
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Pater Patriae
[pah-ter pah-tree-ahy; English pey-ter pey-tree-ee, pat-er pa-tree-ee]
- Latin. father of his country.
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Examples from the Web for pater
Historical Examples
Mr. Pater let me know that he was writing on it for the Guardian.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume IIMrs. Humphry Ward
No, pater; but you may be taking on a bigger business than you reckon.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
"Pater, we may as well keep Howards End out of it," he said.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
You're bound to listen to me, for what's the use of calling me 'pater,' and all that, if you don't mind what I say?
Tom Brown at RugbyThomas Hughes
Don't let the Mater and Pater get the wind up about my personal safety.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
pater
- British mainly facetious a public school slang word for father
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Word Origin
from Latin
Pater
- 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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