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padres

padres is the plural of padre.

Meaning of padre

Noun

padre (plural padres or padri)

  1. A military clergyman.
  2. A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.
    • The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their villages.1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas, Waco, TX: Texian Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 62

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Noun capitalized: Padres

Padres

  1. (plural) plural of Padre

Questions about padres

What is padres the plural of?
Padres is the plural of padre.
What part of speech is padres?
Padres is a noun.

Words near padres in the dictionary

  1. Padre Burgos
  2. Padre Dandan
  3. Padre Garcia
  4. Padre Zamora
  5. Padrenda
  6. padres
  7. padri
  8. padrino system
  9. Padro
  10. Padroadist
  11. Padroadists

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