| 单词 | roman father |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoman father Roman father n. a father who plays a dominating role as the head of a family, or is regarded as exemplifying fatherly virtues as recognized in ancient Rome; a paterfamilias. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household > head of household patriarchc1200 householdera1382 paterfamiliasc1475 houseman1537 housefather1562 familist1612 genarchaship1650 family head1738 Roman father1739 père de famille1820 patron1863 mamak1884 1739 tr. C. Tolomei Let. i. 21 That most noble Example of a Roman Father, in sacrificing with his own Hand his Daughter's Life to Honour. 1750 W. Whitehead Roman Father v. ii. 74 Has not a Roman father power to take The lives of all his children? 1897 R. Overton New Reciter & Reader ix. 73 I'll be a Roman Father and stick to my resolution, if you'll do the same by yours. 1922 T. E. Lawrence Let. 26 Aug. (1938) 361 Perhaps I'm playing the Roman father trick, and it's not as bad as I think. 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood i. iv. 89 My Roman father! The Cadi of Clarges Street! 2002 Crit. Inq. 29 97 This resort to classical drag was commonplace, yet as the Roman father was troped into the black American mother, the characteristics of the heroic deed changed in an important way. < as lemmas |
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