English Explanatory Dictionary

co-father

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person in the relationship of a godfather to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
  2. In a male homosexual couple, the nonbiological father (partner of the biological father) of a child.
verb
  1. To co-create

Word forms

co-father co-fathers co-fathering co-fathered

Etymology

From co- + father, in sense 1 as a calque of Latin compater, French compère.

Synonyms

gossip compadre compère stepfather

Related words

co-brother co-uncle co-grandfather co-husband co-father-in-law
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