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Definition
a usually elderly man who is the leader of a group such as a family or tribe
- A patriarch with a long white beard, black skull cap and toothless gums presided over the vats with a big forked wooden stick.Chapter 5 (78% in)
There are no more uses of "patriarch" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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