pater
noun
paters
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pluralof pater.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This single parent language – known as Proto Indo-European – spawned all these later languages and their shared word for paters.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022
“Good man. But best not mention it to”—Hugo nodded through the garage wall—“the maters and the paters, or we'll spend the rest of the afternoon playing Ludo or the Game of Life under strict supervision.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Wanders, fool? her madnessIs worth a million of your paters, mumbledAt every station between— Eliz.
From The Saint's Tragedy by Charles Kingsley
The guard just whispered in my ear, that he saw you look at the priming of your pistols before getting in; and faith I said four paters, and a hail Mary, before you'd count five.
From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2 by Charles James Lever
So that avenin' he ordhered his monks to say a thousand craydos, an' two thousand paters an' aves, an' afther that was done, he got in his boat an' crassed the lake.
From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally
