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pa⋅dre

  [pah-drey, -dree; Sp. pah-thre; It. pah-dre]
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–noun, plural -dres  [-dreyz, -dreez; Sp. -thres] , -dri  [It. -dree] .
1. father (used esp. in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
2. a chaplain in military or naval service.
Origin:
1575–85; < Sp, Pg, It: father < L pater
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pa·dre   (pä'drā, -drē)   
n.  
  1. Father. Used as a form of address for a priest in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
  2. Informal A military chaplain.

[Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese, all from Latin pater, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots.]
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Padre

Pa"dre\, n.; pl. Sp. & Pg. Padres; It. Padri. [Sp., Pg., & It., fr. L. pater father. See Father.]

1. A Christian priest or monk; -- used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America.

2. In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region. --Kipling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : padre
Spanish: padre,
German: der Vater,
Japanese: 父親
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padre 
"priest, chaplain," 1584, from It., Sp. or Port. padre, from L. patrem (nom. pater) "father." The title of the regular clergy in those languages. Papar was the name the Norse gave to Irish monks whom they found in Iceland when they arrived.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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