pater (redirected from Pater, Walter (Horatio))

pa·ter  (ptr)

n. Chiefly British

Father.

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[Latin; see pter- in Indo-European roots.]

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pater

Noun

Brit humorous father [Latin]

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pater - an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"