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Definition of pater in English: paternoun ˈpeɪtə 1British dated, informal Father. 〈英，非正式，旧〉父亲 the pater gives her fifty pounds a year as a dress allowance 父亲每年给她50英镑作为买衣服的补贴。 Example sentencesExamples - His narrator hotfoots it to Shanghai, where he was brought up, to solve the mystery of his missing mater and pater.
- He would teach Charles, the eldest of the three, to master chess, a nonsensical game his prating pater really could not stand.
- Unfortunately, however, by the time pater returns from his day at the type face, father and son are more often than not no longer co-ordinated in the pants department.
- ‘How beautiful,’ said your mum to your pater. ‘If only you could be noble like that occasionally.’
2Anthropology
A person's legal father. 〔人类学〕法定父亲。常与GENITOR 相对 a man's genitor was not necessarily the same individual as his pater Often contrasted with genitor Example sentencesExamples - We look at the previous offspring of the pater.
- A limited number of individuals may claim ownership of the estates of both their pater and genitor.
- People do not claim to own more than one small-scale name, unless their pater is distinct from their genitor.
Rhymescater, crater, creator, curator, data, debater, delator, dumbwaiter, equator, fascinator, freighter, frustrater, gaiter, grater, gyrator, hater, later, legator, mater, negator, peseta, plater, rotator, skater, slater, stater, tater, traitor, ultimata, understater, upstater, waiter Definition of pater in US English: paternoun 1British dated, informal Father. 〈英，非正式，旧〉父亲 the pater gives her fifty pounds a year as a dress allowance 父亲每年给她50英镑作为买衣服的补贴。 Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, however, by the time pater returns from his day at the type face, father and son are more often than not no longer co-ordinated in the pants department.
- ‘How beautiful,’ said your mum to your pater. ‘If only you could be noble like that occasionally.’
- His narrator hotfoots it to Shanghai, where he was brought up, to solve the mystery of his missing mater and pater.
- He would teach Charles, the eldest of the three, to master chess, a nonsensical game his prating pater really could not stand.
2Anthropology
A person's legal father. 〔人类学〕法定父亲。常与GENITOR 相对 Often contrasted with genitor Example sentencesExamples - People do not claim to own more than one small-scale name, unless their pater is distinct from their genitor.
- We look at the previous offspring of the pater.
- A limited number of individuals may claim ownership of the estates of both their pater and genitor.
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