Thesaurus results for PATRIARCH

patriarch

noun

as in grandfather

a man who is the head of a family Investors worried that the aging patriarch was soon to be replaced atop the family business by his less reliable oldest son.

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Recent Examples of patriarch MacEgan family speaks in court Before Abril was formally sentenced, the court allowed the MacEgan family to speak about the impact of these crimes and the family patriarch’s death. —

Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026 The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026 And so he is married off against his will, and forcibly pushed into the role of a family patriarch. —

Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 In a modern Danish farming family, the patriarch Gorm unexpectedly chooses to pass the family farm to his youngest daughter, Astrid. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patriarch

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And while the circumstances of his birth may have been historic, Phillips’ education was traditional for the family, following in the footsteps of his uncle Charles and grandfather, Prince Philip, and cutting his teeth at Gordonstoun School in Scotland.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
But Koehnemann also learned from his grandfather Ryne Sandberg, a Chicago Cubs legend and 2005 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee who died in Lake Bluff on July 28, 2025.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026