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