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paterfamilias
noun
(pa-ter-fa-mil-i-as)
the male head of a household
paterfamilias
noun
(pa-ter-fa-mil-i-as)
the father of a family
paterfamilias
noun
(pa-ter-fa-mil-i-as)
a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (such as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)
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patriarch
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head of household
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matriarch
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widower
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heir
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fusspot
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vulgarian
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manservant
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scion
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layabout
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lecher
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wastrel
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martinet
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squire
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dipsomaniac
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factotum
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rapscallion
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harpagon
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lech
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farceur
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prig
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plutocrat
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antihero
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egotist
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boozehound
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nebbishy
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conniver
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overlord
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henchman
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solipsist
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philanderer
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patrician
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drunkard
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magus
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voluptuary
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misanthrope
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imperiousness
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fussbudget
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zamindar
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gadabout
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schnook
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milksop
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sidekick
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smarminess
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boor
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amanuensis
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barfly
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portrayer
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macheath
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backwoodsman
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irascibility
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epicene
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fop
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macher
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schoolmaster
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moralist
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gruffness
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nabob
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punctiliousness
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hausfrau
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mythmaker
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tragedian
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sensualist
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lepidus
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slobby
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protagonist
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aristocrat
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acolyte
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aristo
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skinflint
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meddler
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prole
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flo ziegfeld
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skirt chaser
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ruffian
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miles gloriosus
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thespian
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codger
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latterday
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sybarite
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noblesse oblige
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eminence grise
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reprobate
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shlub
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begetter
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flatterer
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simpleton
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manque
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mopes
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carouser
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edmund kean
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sancho panza
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princeling
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autolycus
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old codger
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boyishness
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smarm
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studmuffin
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beadle
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monomaniac
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