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CITY FATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does city father mean?
• CITY FATHER (noun)
The noun CITY FATHER has 1 sense:
1. an important municipal official
Familiarity information: CITY FATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An important municipal official
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("city father" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
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