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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paterfamilias  \Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as\,  n.;  pl  {Pateresfamilias}. 
  [L.,  fr  pater  father  +  familias,  gen.  of  familia  family.] 
  (Rom.  Law) 
  The  head  of  a  family;  in  a  large  sense  the  proprietor  of  an 
  estate;  one  who  is  his  own  master. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paterfamilias 
  n  :  the  head  of  family  or  tribe  [syn:  {patriarch},  {head  of 
  household}] 




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