padres

n. priest (Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian); military chaplain (Informal)

This article is about the Roman Catholic priests' organization. For the article on military chaplains, see Padre. PADRES is the acronym by which Padres Asociados para Derechos Religiosos, Educativos, y Sociales (Spanish for "Priests Associated for Religious, Education, and Social Rights"), a Chicano Catholic priest's organization, was known. Founded in October of 1979, the group of Mexican-American priests pushed for an end to discrimination towards Mexican Americans within the church hierarchy and in American society in general. PADRES effectively ceased to function in 1989, after accomplishing its primary objectives.
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"Padres" redirects here. For the Chicano priests' organization, see PADRES. For the minor league franchise in the Pacific Coast League, see San Diego Padres (PCL). The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California since their founding in 1969. They play in the National League Western Division.
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Noun
1. a chaplain in one of the military services
(synonym) military chaplain, Holy Joe, sky pilot
(hypernym) chaplain
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine

n. parents, mother and father

adj. tremendous, enormous; fatherly, paternal; senior

n. father; parent; reverend; sire, male parent of an animal

n. clerical, minister; priest, divine; father