- Parent - Patriarch - One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a
generator; a male parent. - A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the
plural, fathers, ancestors. - One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,
affetionate care, counsel, or protection. - A respectful mode of address to an old man. - A senator of ancient Rome.
- A child's word for mother. - In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a
woman; mother. - But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non
troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).