Usually means: Longest-serving member, legislative body.
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  1. Father of the House: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Father of the House: Collins English Dictionary
  3. father of the house: Wordnik
  4. Father of the House: Wiktionary
  5. Father of the house: Dictionary.com
  6. Father of the House (New Zealand), Father of the House (United Kingdom), Father of the House, Father of the house: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. father of the house: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Father of the House: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Father of the House)

noun:  A title bestowed on a legislative house member, particularly one where the legislature is called a "House".
noun:  The member of a legislative house who has served the longest collective time in office.
noun:  The member of a legislative house who has served the longest current continuous period.
noun:  The member of a legislative house who is the oldest.

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