(1639–1723), American minister; father of Cotton Mather. A Congregationalist, he was a church pastor in Boston 1664–1723 and the president of Harvard College 1685–1701.
Definition of Mather, Increase in US English:
Mather, Increase
proper nounˈmaT͟Hər
(1639–1723), American minister; father of Cotton Mather. A Congregationalist, he was a church pastor in Boston 1664–1723 and the president of Harvard College 1685–1701.