family patriarch
Household's senior male
The family patriarch is the male head of a family or household, typically the oldest or most senior man who holds authority over relatives.
The term suggests traditional family structures where power and decision-making flow through the male line: As family patriarch, he presided over holiday gatherings.
The role may be formal or ceremonial, carrying moral authority even without legal power.
- elderSenior figure of authority
- old manElderly male person
- grandfatherFather's or mother's father
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
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- Korean Ancestryancestral seat, clan names, ancestral rites, clan chief, clan elder
family patriarchyoungest child
Last-born offspring
baby of the family · grandchild · newborn · great-grandchild · descendant
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