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also poppa
as in dad
a male human parent
a proud papa of newborn twins
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Recent Examples of papa
Carrington, who maintained a lifelong aversion to conformity, fortunately did not follow her papa’s advice.
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Tobias Grey, Air Mail, 13 Sep. 2025
The proud papa called his kids every day and played Fortnite daily with his son, Giron said.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
But not before papa Ozzy got a few words in edgewise.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Menu highlights include papas rellenas, cubano sandwiches and ropa vieja.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 4 June 2024
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Even better, however, were some smaller numbers that went his way Saturday when the Mustangs hosted Oswego East, where his dad Terrell is a sophomore coach and varsity assistant.—
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Interestingly the pool scene, where Kevin loses his dad’s massive swim trunks while bombing in the pool, was filmed at the Four Seasons Chicago – the Plaza Hotel doesn’t have an indoor pool.—
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In the earliest Greek texts, Phoinix was also the father of Europa, who, in mythology, was a princess, raped and carried off by Zeus and brought to the island of Crete.—
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When Hodel died in 1999, Steve found a photo in his father’s belongings that appeared to be Short.—
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Ares, while Alexander Skarsgård promoted his BDSM rom-com Pillion by going full leather daddy—including a pair of thigh-high leather Saint Laurent boots.—
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And my daddy would go in and talk awhile.—
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“Papa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/papa. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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