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(slang) Clipping of parents.
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A man who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological father.
n
Any paternal male relative.
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(biology) A male alloparent
adj
Relating to an allomother.
n
(biology, sociology) An adult animal or person involved in parent-like behaviour towards an individual that is not his or her offspring.
n
(law, obsolete) A legal writ under which a grandchild can legally remove a stranger from land belonging to the grandchild's grandfather, which the stranger had seized upon the grandfather's death.
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(informal) Synonym of biofather.
n
A biological father (especially one who does not act as a father).
adj
Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
n
The man from whom one inherits half of one's DNA and from whom men inherit their Y chromosome.
n
A child's natural parent, either the male who supplied the sperm or the female who supplied the egg which interacted for the child's conception.
adj
Of or relating to one's biological parents.
n
The genetic father of a child (as opposed to an adoptive father or stepfather).
n
(neologism) A trans man who has given birth to a child.
n
A biological parent of an adopted child
n
A person who is relation through birth, as opposed to marriage or adoption.
n
The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
n
A parent who uses a very friendly approach to raising children rather than an authoritarian one.
n
In a male homosexual couple, the nonbiological father (partner of the biological father) of a child.
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A parent in a same-sex couple.
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(law, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
n
(obsolete) The relationship of a godfather to a person.
v
Alternative form of co-parent [To act as a co-parent; to share custody of a child or children; to share in the responsibility of parenting a child or children.]
n
(obsolete) relationship; kinship
n
The state or quality of being a cousin.
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(genealogy) Abbreviation of daughter. (often with implied 'of') [One’s female offspring.]
n
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
n
(genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
adj
(biology) Involving two parents
n
(informal) A non-custodial parent who eludes disciplinary responsibilities over their children and pampers them with treats or gifts.
n
A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.
n
Something inanimate that begets.
adj
(rare) Between parent and child.
n
A male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
n
Alternative form of fraternal birth order effect [The scientific observation that a man's statistical probability of being homosexual increases with the number of older brothers he has.]
n
(obsolete, in the plural) The genitals
n
(neologism) Synonym of birthing father.
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(Nigeria) A form of political corruption in which an influential individual handpicks another, often less influential candidate, to attain leadership in order to exert authority or influence. This may be due to the unpopularity of one candidate, or to work around incumbency term limits.
adj
Of, or befitting, a godfather.
n
The role or status of a godfather.
n
(US military) the parent of a member of the U.S. armed forces who was killed in action
n
A person who, at a child's naming ceremony, agrees to help raise the child (especially in a non-religious setting)
n
A kin relationship expressed in terms of the specific direct relationships involved, such as "mother's brother's son" rather than the more general "cousin".
n
(literally or figuratively) Kissing cousins.
n
(by extension, figuratively) The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age.
n
(fantasy) A male ancestor.
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(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
n
Closest blood relative, heir to inheritance.
n
The parent (either of a separated pair) with whom a child or children do not live the majority of the time.
n
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
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(informal) Clipping of paternity leave. [A leave of absence from a job for a father to care of a baby.]
n
A lawsuit to identify a child's father and establish child support.
n
A present a father gives to the mother to mark the occasion of her giving birth to their child.
n
Synonym of birthing father
n
Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree.
adj
Bred or descended from ancestors who were related.
n
A parent who is the only guardian of offspring.
n
A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
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sisterhood; the quality of being a sister
n
Feminine variant of brotherly love. [Synonym of agape]
n
A single parent, resulting from divorce or separation, or by the death of the other parent, who is raising a family in the absence of the other parent
n
Obsolete spelling of son [One's male offspring.]
v
Alternative form of sororize [To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings.]
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(anthropology) A family system in which a couple's firstborn child lives with them in the family home, and that child's spouse moves into the home of said in-laws, so that the younger couple's children are raised in the home of their grandparents. Usually, the younger offspring move out upon marriage. The inheritance, depending on the culture, may or may not be the most favorable to the firstborn.
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The state or relationship of being a stepfather.
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A man who acts as a father figure to a child usually when a father is not in the picture.
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A person who takes care of a child when the normal parents are unavailable.
n
A lineage or a family that accepts a woman in marriage from another lineage or family.
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