单词	paterfamilias
释义	paterfamiliaspa‧ter‧fa‧mil‧ias /ˌpeɪtəfəˈmiːliæs $ ˌpɑːtərfəˈmiːliəs/ noun [countable] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINpaterfamilias Origin: 1400-1500 Latin ‘father of a family’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After six wives and eight children, he emerges as a smiling paterfamilias. As a paterfamilias, Charlemagne did well. In days to come as a staid married man and paterfamilias I shall remember my darling Lily with affection ... Mat, winsome, handsome, pipe-smoking paterfamilias, introduced us to the fishermen at the table. Then they became part of the family-Ellwood as paterfamilias. a father or a man who is the head of a family
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