daddy

Meaning

1. Father.
2. A perfect example, a role model.
3. A male lover.
4. A sexually attractive man, particularly—but not exclusively—a father or an older man.
5. An informal term of address for a man.
6. A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
7. A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
8. A stage manager.
9. The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
10. An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent raffle or lottery.
11. The man in charge of a casual ward, generally an elderly pauper.
12. To father; to sire.
13. Resembling or characteristic of a dad.
14. One's father.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English dad Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English daddy From dad + -y (diminutive suffix).

Related words

Descendant words

• daidí(Irish) (bor)
• ダディ(Japanese) (bor)
• Daadi(Pennsylvania German) (bor)
• Groossdaadi(Pennsylvania German) (bor)
• Schwaerdaadi(Pennsylvania German) (bor)
• дэдди(Russian) (bor)
• adidas(Tagalog) (der)

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