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Paterfamilias

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Paterfamilias'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/paterfamilias.html. 1828.