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padre definition

pa·dre (pä′drā, -drē)

noun

  1. father: the title of a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America
  2. Informal a priest or chaplain

Etymology: Sp, Port, It < L pater, father

Also Sp. padre pa′·dre (pä′t̸hre)
or It. padre pa′·dre (pä′dre)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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