patriarch
Definitions of patriarch
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the head of a household or family or tribesynonyms: aartsvader
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any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human racesynonyms: aartsvader
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a man who is older and higher in rank than yourselftype of:grijsaarda man who is very old
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