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highfather

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Noun — A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather.

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Perhaps from Middle English hehfader, heahfeder, from Old English hēahfæder (“patriarch”, literally “high-father”); or perhaps a direct revival of the Old English word. By surface analysis, high + father.

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