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patriarchsnounpl. of patriarch a man who is the head of a familyInvestors worried that the aging patriarch was soon to be replaced atop the family business by his less reliable oldest son. patresfamiliasdaddies, dads, fathers, old men, papas(also poppas), pas, paters(chiefly British), pops, siresancestors, forebearers, forebears(also forbears), forefathers, grandfathers, primogenitors, progenitorsdeans, elders, elder statesmen |