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noun
A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Perhaps from Middle English hehfader, heahfeder, from Old English hēahfæder (“patriarch”, literally “high-father”); or perhaps a direct revival of the Old English word. By surface analysis, high + father.
