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father 
n. in Indian parlance, a government official, especially the governor of a colony or province as representative of the king; also, the king himself.
- 1727 When the Governor of Canada speaks to us . . . he calls us Children, and saith I am your Father. . . . I will protect you as a Father doth his Children.
- 1793 (1916) On our arrival at the Mohawk village the Indians hoisted their flags and trophies of war, and fired a feu-de-joie in compliment to his excellency, the representative of the king their father.
- 1840 The Governor-General has been made a father,--although a patron of the happy state of single-blessedness, and our young Queen has been made "a great mother."
- 1727 When the Governor of Canada speaks to us . . . he calls us Children, and saith I am your Father. . . . I will protect you as a Father doth his Children.