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English
Etymology
From mer- + father.
Noun
merfather (plural merfathers)
- (fantasy) A father merman.
1882, E. L. P, Elfie Under the Sea and Other Stories, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., page 21:"I shall never see my merfather or my mermother any more, or the mermaids, or the fish-king, or the merry dolphins, or-r-r-r " —
"Never mind!" cried Elfie, crying too, and she put her arms around the sad little mermaid's neck.
2004, Vicki Blum, The Mermaid Secret, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 63:"Danya, you think if you believe in your merfather and Ayralon, it's like rejecting your parents. Especially your stepfather. Is that true?"
2006 March 3, Roger Ebert, “'Aquamarine'”, in Orange County Register:Two eighth-graders (Emma Roberts and JoJo) befriend a mermaid (Sara Paxton) who has three days to prove to her merfather that love exists.
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