aartsvader
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Etymology edit
From aarts- (“arch-, archi-”) + vader (“father”).
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Noun edit
aartsvader m (plural aartsvaders or aartsvaderen, diminutive aartsvadertje n, feminine aartsmoeder)
- A Biblical patriarch; primary ancestor, notably of a tribe or people.
- A family's patriarch, most senior male ancestor.
- (poetic) An ecclesiastic patriarch.
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- Afrikaans: aartsvader