Noun
1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);
"his father was born in Atlanta"2. the founder of a family;
"keep the faith of our forefathers"3. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;
"the tennis fathers ruled in her favor""the city fathers endorsed the proposal"4. a person who founds or establishes some institution;
"George Washington is the father of his country"5. the head of an organized crime family