Both Uses of
patriarch
in
Gone with the Wind
- That morning Aunt Pitty had reached the regretful decision that she had better kill the patriarch before he died of old age and pining for his harem which had long since been eaten.†
Chpt 3.17 *
- Shame and fear sped her homeward and, in her mind, Archie with his patriarch's beard assumed the proportions of an avenging angel straight from the pages of the Old Testament.†
Chpt 5.53
Definition:
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(patriarch) a usually elderly man who is the leader of a group such as a family or tribe