father

nouncountableA1UK /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ)/ US /ˈfɑ.ðɚ/

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

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His father would never sanction his engagement to a girl who did not share the same religious beliefs as their family.

Like father, like son.