fathers

Synonyms

greece papa padre daddy patriarch priest spawn dad parent predecessor Romania ancestor Santos progenitor pas
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Antonyms

offspring federal government

Phrases with the word

Founding Fathers be gathered to one's fathers land of one's fathers centered upon fathers absent fathers land of your fathers

Examples

Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. John F. Kennedy

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus

When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition. Paisios of Mount Athos

They are happy, the free men that have their fathers. Bantu Proverb

The fathers ate the cranberries and the children are left with the aftertaste. Russian Proverb

The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines. American Proverb