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Definition of City father
1. Noun. An important municipal official.
Definition of City father
1. Noun. A senior municipal official, especially elected officials such as a mayor, a controller, or a municipal legislator. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of City Father
Literary usage of City father
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"... lecturer in morning classes in the college of Porta-Celi, and native of the
said city; father Fray Juan Cuenca, son of [the convent of] La Puebla de los ..."
2. Budgets of Families and Individuals of Kensington, Philadelphia by Esther Louise Little, William Joseph Henry Cotton (1920)
"J31.32 Atlantic City—father and mother $ 4.00 Country (3 days)—first daughter
5.00 Atlantic City—father, mother, third son, and second daughter . ..."
3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"In 1850 he succeeded Father John Kvan as [»resident of the College of St.
Francis Xavier, New York city. Father Driscol was a remarkable pulpit orator, ..."
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