Definitions
a chaplain in one of the military services
Word origin
Borrowed from Italian padre, Spanish padre, or Portuguese padre (“priest”), which are from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, pater, and père.
Used in a sentence
“The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their villages.”
“Jones became a Padre as the result of a pre-season trade.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Military chaplain”5 letters
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