Both Uses of
patriarch
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- And by all the other patriarchs, I know.†
Chpt 30 *
- As the soldiers obediently unbuckled their heavy leather belts, the Jew set up a howl that surely would have been enough to bring all the patriarchs out of Hades and elsewhere, to defend their descendant from the brutality of this French official.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
a usually elderly man who is the leader of a group such as a family or tribe