Pa·ter (p  t r), Walter Horatio 1839-1894. British writer remembered for his volumes of criticism, including Appreciations (1889). |
| pa·ter (ptr) n. Chiefly British Father. [Latin; see p ter- in Indo-European roots.] |
pater [ˈpeɪtə]
n
Brit a public school slang word for father: now chiefly used facetiously
[from Latin]
Pater [ˈpeɪtə]
n
(Biographies / Pater, Walter (Horatio) (1839-1894) M, English, WRITING: essayist, WRITING: critic) Walter (Horatio). 1839-94, English essayist and critic, noted for his prose style and his advocation of the ``love of art for its own sake''. His works include the philosophical romance Marius the Epicurean (1885), Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), and Imaginary Portraits (1887)
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| Noun | 1. | 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" |
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