aartsvader
Dutch
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editFrom aarts- (“arch-, archi-”) + vader (“father”).
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editaartsvader 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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edit- Afrikaans: aartsvader