also: ててじゃひと
noun
Archaic honorific term for one's own or someone else's father. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts or period speech.
古文書には「父者人」と記された箇所がある。
In old documents, there are passages written with the term 'chichijahito' (father).
The term is composed of 父 (father), 者 (person), and 人 (person), forming an archaic honorific expression. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in older Japanese texts as a respectful way to refer to a father.