Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paterfamilias"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paterfamilias \Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as\, n.; pl. {Pateresfamilias}.
[L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.]
(Rom. Law)
The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an
estate; one who is his own master.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
paterfamilias
n : the head of family or tribe [syn: {patriarch}, {head of
household}]
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