a male parent
male person who begets children
Cases of word usage
1) a sister of one's father or mother (aunt)
2) (a child's word for) father (daddy)
3) in the direct line of descent (from father to son etc) (lineal)
4) (a child's word for) father (papa)
5) a father or mother (parent)
6) of, like, a father; related through the father (paternal)
7) the brother of one's father or mother; the husband of one's aunt (uncle)