Search Result for "paterfamilias": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the male head of family or tribe;
[syn: patriarch, paterfamilias]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paterfamilias \Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as\, n.; pl. Pateresfamilias.
   [L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.]
   (Rom. Law)
   The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an
   estate; one who is his own master.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paterfamilias
    n 1: the male head of family or tribe [syn: patriarch,
         paterfamilias]