father in WordNet English dictionary

1. make children
   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
   beget  get  engender  father  mother  sire  generate  bring forth 
   

1. a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
   "his father was born in Atlanta"
   father  male parent  begetter 
   
2. a person who founds or establishes some institution
   "George Washington is the father of his country"
   founder  beginner  founding father  father 
   
3. the head of an organized crime family
   don  father 
   
4. the founder of a family
   "keep the faith of our forefathers"
   forefather  father  sire 
   
5. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
   "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
   father