father, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

father n.

1. the owner of a common lodging house.

1984

Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 381/2: since ca. 1840.

2. a receiver of stolen goods [play on uncle n. (1)].

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1895		Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 28: Father [...] a receiver of stolen property.
1901		Argus (Melbourne) 20 Sept. 6/4: A receiver of stolen property [is] a father.

3. (US prison) the dominant lesbian of a small ‘family’ group.

1908		I. Bloch [trans.] Sex Life of our Time 529: In this [sc. lesbian] intercourse one party—the ‘father’—plays the active part, the other—the ‘mother’—the passive part [Simes:DLSS].
1931		A. Moll [trans.] Perversions of Sex Instinct 233: [I]n the relations between women the active and passive roles are often very distinct; the women who fill them call themselves ‘father’ and ‘mother’, respectively [Simes:DLSS].
1958		Kosofsky & Ellis ‘Illegal Communication Among Institutionalized Female Delinquents’ in Journal of Social Psychology Aug. 157: The father is very frequently known as the ‘a stud.’ The mother frequently is known as a ‘frail’.
1974		College Eng. xxxvi 380/1: A father is a woman who brings out another woman, and a mother is a man who brings out another man.

4. (US drugs) a large-scale drug dealer.

1969

Cressey & Ward Delinquency, Crime, and Social Process 821: And I seen a chance where I can be father (big-time dope dealer).

SE in slang uses

In compounds

father abraham (n.)

the penis.

1890–1904

Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.

father confessor (n.) [play on SE + ? ref. to popular image of the venal priest]

the penis.

1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1896		Farmer Vocabula Amatoria (1966) 37: Bichette, f. The penis; ‘the father confessor’.

father-fucker/-fucking

see separate entries.

father-in-law (n.) [punning on their characteristics]

a combination of mild and stout ales.

1898

Belfast News-Letter 11 Apr. 6/5: The combination of old and bitter ale is ‘mother-in-law’, while stout and mild (ale) is of course ‘father-in-law’.

father-mucker/father-of-all (n.)

see father-fucker n.

father-sucker (n.)

(US gay) a term of (affectionate) abuse.

1976

‘Peter Pepper’ Hott Butt Eager 157: ‘Better get on your knees, you fathersucker, or I’ll blow my nuts all over the floor’ [ibid.] 169: ‘You’re sure you can come again if I gobble it down…?’ ‘Suck it and find out, you fruity fathersucker!’ [Simes:DLSS].

father time (n.)

1. (US campus) an older man (but poss. still attractive).

1922		Edwardsville Intelligencer (IL) 14 Sept. 4/4: The Flappers’ Dictionary [...] Father Time: Any man over 30 years of age.
1997–2000		Da Bomb 🌐 10: Father time: A man over 30.

2. (US prison) the warden [play on time n. (1)].

1949

Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).

In phrases

father of (n.)

(Aus.) an extreme example.

1908

Lone Hand (Sydney) Feb. 405/2: ‘The damned old scoundrel [...] I’ll go out and give him the father of a hiding’.