pa·ter·nal /pəˈtɝnḷ/
(a.)父親的,似父親的,得自父親的
Pa·ter·nal a.
1. Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care. “Under paternal rule.”
2. Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.
Their small paternal field of corn. --Dryden.
Paternal government Polit. Science, the assumption by the governing power of a quasi-fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own affairs.
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paternal
adj 1: belonging to or inherited from one's father; "spent his
childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits"
2: characteristic of a father [ant: maternal]
3: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
"parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal] [ant: filial]
4: related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt" [syn: agnate,
agnatic]