What is the meaning of Father?

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

A male who has sired a baby; this person in relation to his child or children.

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

A term of respectful address for a priest.

A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

A pioneering figure in a particular field.

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

Something inanimate that begets.

A member of a church council.

The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.

To be a father to; to sire.

To give rise to.

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

To provide with a father.

To adopt as one's own.

Alternative form of fader

Alternative form of faither

Source: wiktionary.org