(noun) A (generally human) male who begets a child. Example: "My father was a strong influence on me."
"What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey."
"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."
"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it."
"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own."