Значение

• Noun

  1. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
  2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
  3. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
  4. A term of respectful address for a priest.
  5. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
  6. A pioneering figure in a particular field.
  7. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
  8. Something inanimate that begets.
  9. A member of a church council.
  10. The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.

• Verb