Associations to the word «Padre»

Wiktionary

PADRE, noun. A military clergyman.
PADRE, noun. A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.
PADRE, proper noun. (baseball) A player on the team the "San Diego Padres".

Dictionary definition

PADRE, noun. A chaplain in one of the military services.
PADRE, noun. `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope