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  pater

  noun

  father.
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  Pater

  noun

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

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.

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Pater ² American  

[pey-ter] / ˈpeɪ tər /

noun

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

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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

Example Sentences

Seits and Pater trailed 8-4 in the second game but rallied for a 25-23 victory before dominating the third 15-8.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024

"I was surprised by how quickly clouds disappeared on Neptune," de Pater added.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023

No. What was happening instead is that Monet’s painting was becoming increasingly poetic, closer and closer to abstraction and to what the critic Walter Pater called “the condition of music.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

The Keck staff, Dr. de Pater added, is also eager to support Webb telescope observations.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2022

Pater Lumley offered a hand to steady her as she set foot on the rope ladder.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood