paterfamilias

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In another, he played a tracksuit-wearing mob boss named Don Corelli: a tyrannical paterfamilias who insists to his lackeys that “the highest number is 24” and threatens violence against any who challenge this inane edict.

From New York Times

Even paterfamilias Stan has a tennis loss that rankles: a onetime top seed named Harry Haddad who ditched the family for another coach.

From Washington Post

The evening air was mild, and the one-man-show, based on the poor yet persevering paterfamilias immortalized in “Fiddler on the Roof,” was every bit as mellow.

From Los Angeles Times

In July 1975, Joe Jackson, the Jackson paterfamilias, held a news conference in New York to announce that the Jackson 5 were leaving Motown to sign with Epic, a CBS Records subsidiary.

From Los Angeles Times

“He is now the paterfamilias of the family, which means he has new roles and responsibilities.”

From New York Times