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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The clip features shocking moments, tender hugs between Gomez and Brown and a cameo from David DeLuise, who returns in his role as Russo family patriarch, Jerry Russo.
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Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
Teenage elder Salvador, who’s lost one leg below the knee under circumstances that remain mysterious for a while, has appointed himself the tough-loving patriarch, an authority that does not go unquestioned by his alternately squeamish, skittish and impatient younger siblings.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Mary alleges that after their father, Fred Trump Jr., died in 1981, she and her brother were later cheated out of their share of family patriarch Fred Trump’s inheritance and blames the rest of the family for Fred III needing money to support his son.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2024
And don’t forget Simpson’s attorney friend Robert Kardashian, the patriarch of what would become an entire brood of reality-TV stars.
—David Friend, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
Teenage elder Salvador, who’s lost one leg below the knee under circumstances that remain mysterious for a while, has appointed himself the tough-loving patriarch, an authority that does not go unquestioned by his alternately squeamish, skittish and impatient younger siblings.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Mary alleges that after their father, Fred Trump Jr., died in 1981, she and her brother were later cheated out of their share of family patriarch Fred Trump’s inheritance and blames the rest of the family for Fred III needing money to support his son.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2024
And don’t forget Simpson’s attorney friend Robert Kardashian, the patriarch of what would become an entire brood of reality-TV stars.
—David Friend, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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“Patriarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriarch. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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