patriarch
Example Sentences
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Known for playing the self-serving patriarch Frank Gallagher in TV series “Shameless,” Macy returns to the screen in the historical drama “Train Dreams.”
The former adds to and complements the museum’s mission of preserving the legacy of Walt Disney, showing the park patriarch as something of a conductor who built Disneyland with the help of creatives across Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Russell is the patriarch of an extended family of equestrians.
From New York Times
In the show’s final season, the family patriarch’s heirs struggled to decode penciled-in addendums to his last wishes that were found locked in a safe.
From New York Times
Judge voices the central character himself, a straight-laced patriarch of a Texas family struggling to maintain his values in a changing world.
From New York Times
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