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Definition of Pater
1. Noun. An informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously.
Definition of Pater
1. Noun. (formal) father ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pater
1. a father [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pater
Literary usage of Pater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"196 ; Notes and Queries, 8th ser. iv. 346.] TS pater, WALTER HORATIO (1839- 1894),
critic and humanist, was born at Shadwell in the east of London on 4 Aug. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"WALTER pater (1839-1894) BY ANNA McCLURE SHOLL IHE functions of criticism are of
... WALTER pater pater's philosophy of the beautiful in art and life is ..."
3. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"Shortly after this date, pater and his sisters left Oxford for London, ...
But those who knew pater best, felt that they knew him superficially, ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"pater. That is right, my dears. The joint spirit of economy and self-reliance should
... pater. Dear me, it must have been the old Princess's Pantomime, ..."
5. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... mi pater, et Domine in Christo Coleo- Monachus, omnia ea, qn-e D. Petrus Mar-
terura, 1). ... vale mi pater, et Domine in ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"O. 24, '08. Bee also United States-Patent office. pater, Walter Horatio ...
Paganism of pater. WA Orton. ..."
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