Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Used after a man's surname to distinguish a father from a son.
  • noun Roman Catholic Church Used as a title for a priest in a French-speaking area.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Father; -- often used after French proper names to distinguish a father from his son.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially a French one. Also used as a title preceding the name of such a priest.
  • noun Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the father is being referred to rather than the son; junior, fils.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French pedre, from Latin pater; see pəter- in Indo-European roots.]

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From French père ("father"), from Latin pater.

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