fatherland

nounattested in dialogue

The country of one's ancestors.

noun

1
The country of one's ancestors.
2
The country of one's birth, origin.
Lenin frequently expressed himself on these lines before and during the War; he quoted with emphasis the famous saying that the working man has no fatherland, and believed it quite literally.

Etymology

From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”). Does not continue Middle English fæderland, from Old English fæderland. First attested in the 1620s.

Forms

plural: fatherlands

father · A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a…Father · God, the father of Creation.father-in-law · One's spouse's father.

fatherland · The country of one's ancestors.

fathom · A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at…fatigue · A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.Fatima · A daughter of the prophet Muhammad, the wife of Ali.

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