name-faither
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Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]name (“name”) + faither (“father”)
Noun
[edit]name-faither (plural name-faithers)
- The man after whom one has been named
Further reading
[edit]- “name-father” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “name-faider” in John J Graham’s English-Shetland Word List