parens — meaning in English

English meaning

• father noun A male parent.
• founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
• parent noun A person who raises, cares for, or has legal responsibility for a child.

Senses

parens is used for these senses in English:

• Poreč A town and municipality of Istria County, Croatia.
• father A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
• founder One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

father — full definition

1. noun A male parent.
2. noun A person seen as the founder or leading figure of something.
3. noun A title of respect for a priest.
4. verb To be the male parent of a child.

founder — full definition

1. noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
2. verb To fail or fall apart, especially of a plan, negotiation, or ship.

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