Found 2 items, similar to paterfamilias.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: paterfamilias paterfamilias n : the male head of family or tribe [syn: patriarch] [also: patresfamilias (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Paterfamilias Paterfamilias \Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as\, n.; pl. Pateresfamilias. [L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.] (Rom. Law) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master. [1913 Webster]