highfather

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhaɪ ˌfɑːðə/    美 /ˈhaɪ ˌfɑːðɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A respected, high-ranking male elder or leader; a patriarch; a forefather; a grandfather. rare
    — There is no active worship for the Highfather, except at meal time, when all Mischta look into the sky and offer a symbolic thanks to him, whom they call "the Grandfather."

词形变化

highfathers plural high-father alternative high father alternative

词源

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