merfather

plural merfathers

1. fantasyA father merman.

   Two eighth-graders (Emma Roberts and JoJo) befriend a mermaid (Sara Paxton) who has three days to prove to her merfather that love exists.

   2006 March 3, Roger Ebert, “'Aquamarine'”, in Orange County Register

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   "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.

   1882, E. L. P, Elfie Under the Sea and Other Stories, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., page 21

   "Danya, you think if you believe in your merfather and Ayralon, it's like rejecting your parents. Especially your stepfather. Is that true?"

   2004, Vicki Blum, The Mermaid Secret, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 63