highfather
Meanings
Plural: highfathers
Noun
- A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather.
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English hehfader, heahfeder, from Old English hēahfæder (“patriarch”, literally “high-father”); or perhaps a direct borrowing of the Old English word, equivalent to high + father.
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