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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats