patriarch

He reteamed with Field as the family patriarch, William Walker, in the drama Brothers & Sisters from 2007-09.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

If the film doesn’t reach the heights of Mr. Lee’s previous work, it nonetheless has a gradually mounting force in its depiction of class differences and a patriarch burdened by an agonizing sense of failure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

At the same time, a trailer-dwelling man named Clevon becomes the patriarch of multiple interconnected, large families.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The patriarch played a crucial role in the development of his daughter Selena’s career, establishing his family-led band Selena y Los Dinos in the 1980s as a way to meet financial needs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“There are three things I never could understand,” the aging patriarch once confessed.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

It was a blackly comic story of the pressures of the modern economy—and, in particular, of how they bear down on men in their traditional roles as providers and patriarchs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Both of the patriarchs of Emily Moreno’s life have failed to protect her.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Although Italy's foreign ministry announced that the patriarchs had entered Gaza with 500 tonnes of aid, Pizzaballa said "not a gram" had yet been able to enter due to logistical issues.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

Pennington, for example, characterized slavery as “an institution of the dark age” while critiquing the “monarchs, patriarchs, and prophets of the South.”

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024

Both Adams and Jefferson knew their roles by heart, especially in its Ciceronian version as a pair of retired patriarchs now beyond ambition and above controversy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis