Father
Meanings and phrases
Father
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom; Church Father; Father of the Church
- `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military; Padre
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; Father-God; Fatherhood
father
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); male parent; begetter
- the founder of a family; forefather; sire
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- the head of an organized crime family; don
- a person who founds or establishes some institution; founder; beginner; founding father
father
- make children; beget; get; engender; mother; sire; generate; bring forth
Apostelic Father
- any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people; Apostle
Church Father
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom; Father of the Church; Father
Father Brown
- a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton
Father Christmas
- the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas; Santa Claus; Santa; Kriss Kringle; Saint Nicholas; Saint Nick; St. Nick
n.
- United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961); De Forest; Lee De Forest
n.
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom; Church Father; Father
n.
- American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824); Bushnell; David Bushnell
Father 's Day
- US: third Sunday in June
Founding Father
- a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
Holy Father
- the head of the Roman Catholic Church; pope; Catholic Pope; Roman Catholic Pope; pontiff; Vicar of Christ; Bishop of Rome
Pilgrim Father
- one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620; Pilgrim
n.
- a man who takes over all the functions of the real father; father surrogate
- He becomes something of a father figure to Titus.
- Boss and occasional father figure to the Angel Team.
- From then on, Bourgeat became a father figure to Desplein.
n.
- a man who is a foster parent; foster-father
- Hannah cries over her foster father's dead body.
- Huston was foster father to Brook Watson.
- Aquaman gets Jackson and his foster father to safety where everything is explained to them.
n.
- a person who founds or establishes some institution; founder; beginner; father
- Masilo is the founding father of Basotho.
- It also recognized him as the founding father of the city of Keizer.
- He is seen more as a character model than war hero or founding father.
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- When Warhol was 13, his father died in an accident.
- Mersereau's father died when she was 9 years old.
- In 1888 his father died of tuberculosis, aged 42.
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- He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1892.
- He succeeded his father as Seigneur of Courtenay.
- He succeeded his father as Earl of Denbigh in 1892.
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- Warner was born when his father was 57 years old.
- He inherited Rietberg when his father died in 1365.
- He had to seek work when his father died in 1937.
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- As a result, a man-child was born to her, Cain, whose father was not Adam.
- She is better known as the mother of Heracles whose father was the god Zeus.
- His mother was a singer, whose father had been a choir director and musician.
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- Her father worked for the local telephone company.
- His father worked in a phosphate mine all his life.
- His father worked in a repair shop for railroad cars.
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- Suteuphaa desired to expand his father’s kingdom.
- His career followed almost exactly that of his father’s.
- He inherited his father’s property in 1817.
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- Suteuphaa desired to expand his father’s kingdom.
- His career followed almost exactly that of his father’s.
- He inherited his father’s property in 1817.
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- Another major theme is between father and son.
- This new species was then named after the father and son duo.
- The estrangement between father and son was never reconciled.
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- As a result, Queen never knew her biological father.
- Trexler may be Sterling's biological father.
- Prince Milpung was the biological father of Prince Sangwon.
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- Sam’s father was a carpenter and building contractor.
- Later that year Dagchen Rinpoche’s father died.
- The surname of Robert Cushman’s father Thomas was Couchman.
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- Her late father was a chairman of the CSIRO.
- The song is a tribute to her late father who was murdered.
- is wealthy New York oil executive Neil Atkinson, whose late father was J.W.
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- Sam’s father was a carpenter and building contractor.
- Later that year Dagchen Rinpoche’s father died.
- The surname of Robert Cushman’s father Thomas was Couchman.
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- Mersereau's father died when she was 9 years old.
- His father died when he was barely three years old.
- Her father died when she was about 8–9 years old.
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- Like her own father, her husband is haunted by memories of war.
- Seeing this, his friend remarks that his own father is very corrupt.
- She later said that her own father's war-time death influenced her to do so.
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- Warhol was buried next to his mother and father.
- The mother and father were in a family court dispute.
- Victor D’Amico's mother and father were born in Italy.
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- He was named after both his father and grandfather.
- His father and grandfather were also Spanish admirals.
- His father and grandfather were eye doctors.
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- His father became the guardian of the children.
- Chenery's life changed when her father became disabled.
- Her father became a carpenter-builder and a community leader.
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- He followed his father, crew coach James A.
- Bagguley followed his father's occupation from a young age.
- Van Goudoever followed his father in the wine import business.
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- Stotz joined his father's architectural firm in 1923.
- As a teenager Johnson joined his father in the group.
- Robert Kahn joined his father's firm 1945.
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- Chenery's life changed when her father became disabled.
- Hoppen briefly returned to South Africa when her father died.
- She had met a promising new beau when her father suddenly died.
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- Malhotra is a Sikh, he is the only son of his father and mother.
- When her father and mother visit her tower, he tells them a story.
- He qualifies through both his father and mother's Corsican heritage.
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- His father and brother were also football players.
- His father and brother are also active in the FPÖ.
- Hart's father and brother are also screenwriters.
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- Tomato is an orphan lives with his adoptive father.
- Wilford's adoptive father was John Hay Whitney.
- Her adoptive father worked in the local iron foundry.
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- His father served in the United States Navy.
- His father served as a missionary to mixed-race peoples.
- His father served with the British Army.
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- His father left the family when Powers was young.
- His father left the family and married another woman.
- McTell's father left the family when Willie was young.
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- He lost his father when just a child.
- She lost her father when she was 11.
- His mother died when he was seven; his father when he was thirteen.
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- His father took care of him and his brother alone.
- His father took non-profitable music classes at home.
- Jan's father took the Bronze World Cup for his weight class.
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- In 1811 he inherited his father's estate at Dellingburn.
- He inherited his father’s property in 1817.
- He inherited his father's muffler and radiator shop in 1968.
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- His father was killed by Puni's Borabora warriors.
- His father was killed at the battle of Crécy in 1346.
- Almousa's father was killed by ISIS in Syria.
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- Her father owned the Smith Cleaners establishment.
- His father owned a small farm and worked another one.
- He grew up in Concord, Massachusetts where his father owned an inn.
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- Her father was born in Sicily, her mother in Turkey.
- Trump's father was born in the Bronx, New York.
- Miłosz's father was born and educated in Riga.
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- The boys theorize their father did this to keep him quiet.
- That's what my father did to my mother.
- His father did shoe repair and his mother was a drugstore clerk.
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- His father moved to Montreal, Quebec, in 1981.
- His father moved to Portsmouth to work at the Naval Base.
- In 1922 her father moved to Argo, Illinois, near Chicago, shortly after her birth.
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- He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".
- He is seen as a father of modern meteorology.
- Leontaritis is said to be the father of modern Greek music.
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- Taya's son Adil secretly marries Shahwaar against his father's will.
- Andrea played against his father, during the latter's last season as a pro.
- Heracles brought the case to court, and Phyleus testified against his father.
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- His real father is the family gardener, "Dungo".
- Her real father is a mess according to the narrator.
- She hates Valentina - and placed into doubt Orestes' real father.
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- Tymoshchenko took up modern pentathlon following his father, a former pentathlete.
- He interpreted musical pieces of the Abdal-Turkoman tradition, following his father.
- He takes care of his mother Thaiyalnayagi (Kalairani) and sister, following his father's death.
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- His father played football in amateur league.
- My father played for redskins briefley.
- His father played football at Purdue.
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- Johnny's nervous because his father Jim is also a gambler.
- Jørn Utzon lived in Helsingør in his youth because his father was an engineer at .
- Carbo saw Yawkey as a father figure, because his father did not really care about him.
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- Gayle is of Jamaican descent through his father.
- He became a naturalized U.S. citizen through his father.
- He was a nephew of Tiberius through his father, Tiberius's brother.
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- His father and uncle were art collectors.
- Bhau-Bapu Mang Narayangaonkar was the family troupe run by her father and uncle.
- His involvement with paper precedes that, as his father and uncle both worked for the paper.
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- His father gave him an early a love of Shakespeare.
- He obeyed her, although her father gave fearful yells.
- His father gave him the racket, beginning his tennis career.
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- Lord Paisley died before his father and had no son.
- He died before his father c.1578.
- Zhenjin died soon afterwards in 1286, eight years before his father.
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- The former died after his father before reaching the age of 21.
- Like his father before him, Henry V was faced with waning power.
- Nasser received the approval of her father before their marriage in 1944.
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- Hoffer was a young man when he also lost his father.
- Rama Rao lost his father at the age of 7 years.
- At 22 years old, Avicenna lost his father.
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- (Łazowertówna's father had died of natural causes before the War.)
- His father had died in 1818 leaving him a large amount of property.
- Her father had died in the 1970s.
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- A poor old father sent his sons out to learn trades.
- When Camille was twelve his father sent him to boarding school in France.
- After refusing to fight in a war, his father sent him to join Night's Watch.
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- His father taught him Latin as a small child.
- His father taught the piano at the Eastman School of Music..
- His father taught Latin at Phillips Exeter from 1910 to 1940.
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- Her step father remarried a few months later.
- After his mother's death in 1827, his father remarried.
- Her mother died four years later and her father remarried.
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- For the next two years he taught alongside his father.
- He campaigned alongside his father from early years as a child.
- Roosevelt served in the 1st Infantry Division, alongside his father.
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- A letter from father to son is delivered to the son shortly after the father's death.
- It was constitutional but many people view it as a handing over of power from father to son.
- This form of Iranian reverse glass and mirror mosaics is a craft traditionally passed on from father to son.
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- Allen was forced to end his studies upon his father's death.
- In 1829, he inherited the family estate upon his father's death.
- He succeeded upon his father's death, as Lord of Kilbride in 1247.
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- "Jack" Murphy, Karrin Murphy's deceased father.
- Viszlát nyár is lyrically about the singer Örs Siklósi's deceased father.
- All this is watched over by Joe's deceased father, who pulls the two stories together.
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- He is often considered the father of Roman poetry.
- He is considered the father of Seychelles literature.
- Hutchinson is considered the father of oral medicine by some.
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- Walter's father dies, followed soon after by his mother.
- The woman's father dies and she becomes preoccupied with death.
- However, Ray's father dies the next day, and Ray tells Roma to fire Molly.
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- Jon attends the funeral of his estranged father.
- Reginald "Reg" Trotter is the estranged father of Del Boy, stepfather of Rodney, and son of Grandad.
- Halfway later contacts his estranged father, Jonno Highway (Richard Graham), and he comes to Walford.
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- He grew up with a physically abusive father and an emotionally abusive mother.
- She's the daughter of an abusive father and is hired by Solomon as a housewife.
- He spent much of his life on the run, starting as a child by running away from his abusive father.
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- His father ran car dealerships, including Medway Autos in Kent.
- Her father ran a kiosk in Harburg.
- His father ran a sewing machine in a factory for children's clothing.
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- He also accompanied his father on concerts.
- During his childhood, he accompanied his father to meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- He accompanied his father to Venice in 1651, when he was appointed Ambassador to the Venetian Republic.
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- Her father did not recognize her and Silvia knew him until she was 11 years old.
- Carbo saw Yawkey as a father figure, because his father did not really care about him.
- John Bell's son, John Bell Jr., found the vial in the cupboard after his father did not wake.
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- Her father bought her a plane when she obtained her pilot's license.
- During that time, his father bought a guitar to let him pass the time.
- After World War II, his father bought a second boatyard at Maidenhead.
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- His father married Margaret Ott (née Murray) in 1862 at Dunedin.
- His mother Döne also died early, and his father married again, to Arzu.
- Her father married a black woman when she was three, so her family was also black.
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- His father came from an old noble Livonian family.
- His father came from Sicily and his mother from Ukraine.
- When his father came to see him he was imprisoned as well.
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- With this he killed his father unknowingly.
- Jefferson learns that Gambi was the one who killed his father.
- Charlie was keen to take revenge on Appachan as he killed his father.
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- He came from a wealthy background and his father wanted him to play football in Italy.
- His father wanted him to pursue a career in banking for his son, but Soler had different ideas.
- His father wanted him to become a soldier but Murias did not desire that career path for himself.
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- He lost his father during his infancy.
- He lost his father during childhood, and did not attend high school.
- But he was unfortunate not to get the love of his father during his childhood.
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- He served as a Senator of Hamburg, succeeding his father Rudolf Berenberg.
- Thomas Hartshorn had been rector from 1753, succeeding his father in the post.
- Paulo de Azevedo in 2007 assumed the leadership of the Sonae Group, succeeding his father.
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- This led to his father having to change jobs from mason to milkman.
- Nizan was born to a middle-class family, his father having worked in rail prior to the First World War.
- She finds her father having dinner with his new girlfriend, Christine, and lies to him about having a stomach ache.
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- and father in law of actress Priya Marathe).
- His father in law was one of the most famous Yugoslavian strikers Stjepan Bobek.
- He died at the home for his father in law, Mr William Ryan at Geelong on 23 July 1898.
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- Both father and daughter had roles in the Australian TV series "Heartland".
- The Regers had no children, and Max and Alma became like father and daughter for some time.
- This program is looking to expand into father and daughter, grandparent and son or daughter.
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- Danding's father later died of kidney failure.
- Hogg reunited with his sister and father later that day.
- His father later became a general in Pancho Villa's army.
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- He was born in Hebron during his father's reign in Judah.
- Henry was already a co-ruler of Waldeck during his father's lifetime.
- Shah Rukh was never promoted beyond this position during his father's lifetime.
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- At age 16, Young's father made him leave home.
- Her father made a personal appeal to President Zardari on her behalf.
- His father made his living trading clothing; his mother was a dental surgeon.
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- He was named after both his father and grandfather.
- When he returned, both his father and their house were gone.
- He qualifies through both his father and mother's Corsican heritage.
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- Jackson is the single father of three sons.
- Has a baby daughter and is a single father.
- Before getting married he was a single father with a son.
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- His father went away to attend to some other business, and Abu Bakr was left alone.
- His father went away when Edvard was still very young and left his family in poverty.
- In 1878, his father went to San Antonio, Texas and married Bertha Stenbock one year later.
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- Another major theme is between father and son.
- The estrangement between father and son was never reconciled.
- Even though this didn't cause his death, this only worsened the relationship between father and son.
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- After Wang Wujun died in 801, Emperor Dezong made Wang Shizhen military governor to succeed his father.
- Chiyya did not, however, succeed his father as head of the academy: this post fell to Rav's disciple Rav Huna.
- Immediately after the death of Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Xueliang returned to Shenyang to succeed his father's position.
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- "Ace in the Hole" was to star Carolla as a husband and father who works as a driving instructor.
- He is charismatic, a loving husband and father, loved dearly by his family but especially by Francie.
- Arthur Rogers (Walthall) is an unemployed, drunkard husband and father who has no money for a Christmas celebration.
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- The father then kills himself by jumping off a cliff.
- Her father then has a success and becomes rich.
- Her father then became chaplain to King Leopold I of Belgium.
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- He is the father of former driver David Reutimann.
- He is the father of former Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer, Scot Breithaupt.
- Kolbeinn is the father of former Icelandic national team player Páll Kolbeinsson.
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- His father retired from the business in 1839.
- When their father retired in 1892 the brothers began to create moving pictures.
- In 1838, when Eliza was about 17 years old, her father retired and moved to Sydney.
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- He had used this title until his father's death.
- They remained there until his father's death.
- He attended Akron public schools until his father died in 1861.
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- He married at the age of 18 and became a father by 19.
- He became a father for the first time in 2009.
- From then on, Bourgeat became a father figure to Desplein.
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- The local children ostracize her because her father was a thief and a wife-beater.
- She herself was not Jewish, but she was viewed as 'non-Aryan' because her father was Jewish.
- She committed suicide because her father sold her favorite piano in exchange of 1 month of free alcohol.
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- His father used to work as a farmer and his mother was a housewife.
- His father used to have a food-catering service and his mother is a housewife.
- Her father used violence to punish his children, beating them when they disobeyed him.
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- In Ohio she worked as a reporter and writer in the offices of her father and brothers.
- All people around her including her father and brothers keep advising her "how she should be".
- Baez' father and brothers testified that Livoti did put Baez in a choke hold, and that Baez was limp when Livoti handcuffed him.
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- Ceton decided to follow his father into teaching.
- Samuel Courtauld would follow his father in both regards.
- In 1964, his son Nathan would follow his father in also becoming President of the WRU.
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- After his alcoholic father lost the family fortune, Ondaatje had to leave school a year from graduation.
- Shortly after, they conceived the first of three biological children, which complicated life at home with his alcoholic father.
- "Deportee" tells the story of a young man and his alcoholic father who live in a skid-row hotel while trying to make ends meet.
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- Alexander returns in time to kill Pausania and avenge his father.
- His son Pratap (N. T. Rama Rao) seeks to avenge his father's death.
- He declared war on Constantine, vowing to avenge his father's "murder".
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- As he predeceased his father, he never ruled Albret.
- He had no children and predeceased his father.
- John predeceased his father.
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- His father returned to painting only after two years of service.
- In 13 BC, her father returned to Rome and was promptly sent to Pannonia to suppress a rebellion.
- Calhoun moved to Nashville, Tennessee with his parents before 1812, and his father returned to Pennsylvania to serve in the War of 1812.
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- But Bellvamangaludu, out of lust, leaves his dead father and goes to Chintamani.
- Upon speaking to his dead father Calzolaro leaves his troop and becomes a schoolmaster.
- Jessica is drawn to the lamp and starts to believe her dead father's spirit is inside it.
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- He left school at the age of thirteen to join his father's studio and worked there for six years.
- He turned down an opportunity to play professional football to join his father in the automobile business.
- Madison lends her support and OK to Brady for his decision to leave Titan and join his father at Basic Black.
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- Her father told them that they had been the bridge and river.
- When she turned 14, her father told her she must marry her cousin.
- Moe screwed it up when his father told him to sabotage their rival's store.
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- On 7 November 2014, Mahon became the father of twins.
- Malden became the father of seven sons and a daughter.
- Sampson became the father to both Marybeth and Ainsley.