père
[per; English pair]
- father.
- senior: Dumas père.
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Contemporary Examples
Pere Navarro, head of the Catalan socialist party, said: "We need a new head of state."
In 1982, Assad pere massacred 20,000 of his own people in Hama.
Gaddafi pere has cast his sons against each other in an effort to divide and conquer, as he has done to his nation.
Sources tell us that she has kept Mubarak pere from naming a Vice President.
Historical Examples
And going out on to the pavement she called Pere Bru who was just then crossing the roadway.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
It would be better than the tiny sips doled out by Pere Colombe!
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
It may well be imagined what a blow this was to Pere Merlier.
Beds of gypsum have been discovered on the head waters of the Pere Marquette.
Old MackinawW. P. Strickland.
"It was my fault, mon pere," interceded the little princess, with a blush.
War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy
père
- an addition to a French surname to specify the father rather than the son of the same nameDumas père Compare fils 1
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Word Origin and History for pere
1610s, "a French priest," from French père "father," from Latin patrem (nominative pater); see father (n.). Attached to a name, to distinguish father from son of the same name, from 1802.
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