Noun

(en noun)

(economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.

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One who produces an artistic production like a CD, a theater production, a film, a TV program and so on.

(biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.

(UK, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven days in which to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.

(archaic) A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel.

Noun

(en noun)

A (generally human) male who begets a child.

* Bible, Proverbs x. 1

A wise son maketh a glad father .

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

* Bible, 1 Kings ii. 10

David slept with his fathers .

* Bible, Rom. iv. 16

Abraham, who is the father of us all

* Shakespeare

Bless you, good father friar!

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

* Bible, Job xxix. 16

I was a father to the poor.

* Bible, Genesis xiv. 8

He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.

The founder of a discipline or science.

A senator of Ancient Rome.