pater

[ pey-ter; also, for 2, 3 pat-er ]
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noun
  1. British Informal. father.

  2. (often initial capital letter) the paternoster; Lord's Prayer.

  1. a recitation of it.

Origin of pater

1
1300–50; Middle English <Latin: father

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Other definitions for Pater (2 of 2)

Pater
[ pey-ter ]

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

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British Dictionary definitions for pater (1 of 2)

pater

/ (ˈpeɪtə) /


noun
  1. British mainly facetious a public school slang word for father

Origin of pater

1
from Latin

British Dictionary definitions for Pater (2 of 2)

Pater

/ (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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