(1) An informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
(2) An informal term for a father
(3) Probably derived from baby talk
(1) We look at the previous offspring of the pater .
(2) Unfortunately, however, by the time pater returns from his day at the type face, father and son are more often than not no longer co-ordinated in the pants department.
(3) People do not claim to own more than one small-scale name, unless their pater is distinct from their genitor.
(4) He would teach Charles, the eldest of the three, to master chess, a nonsensical game his prating pater really could not stand.
(5) U2018How beautiful,u2019 said your mum to your pater . u2018If only you could be noble like that occasionally.u2019
(6) A man's genitor was not necessarily the same individual as his pater
(7) The pater gives her fifty pounds a year as a dress allowance
(8) His narrator hotfoots it to Shanghai, where he was brought up, to solve the mystery of his missing mater and pater .
(9) A limited number of individuals may claim ownership of the estates of both their pater and genitor.
(10) The pater gives her fifty pounds a year as a dress allowance