papa

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That night poor papa received the sad news of his failure; and in the midst of that gay scene, I received a summons to return, as my papa was alarmingly ill, and scarcely expected to live through the night.

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  1. noun Informal Father.

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  • When her papa was away from home doing important work the king could give only to someone as trustworthy and loyal as he was, she'd sneak into the big bed and cuddle up next to her mama, and when her papa was home, she'd sleep on the cold floor right next to Courage, his beautiful silver-handled sword, which Mama swore he loved almost as much as his children. —  Garwood, Julie - The Bride
  • She felt safest when her papa was there, because his loud snores always lulled her back to sleep. —  Garwood, Julie - The Bride
  • Then her papa was there, his face stricken, arms hanging empty at his sides. —  A WHISPER OF ROSES - TERESA MEDEIROS
  • Matt Schirman, where naupaka papa is available for $10. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • And he's civil to the Demon, because his papa is a man of many shekels. —  The Hill A Romance of Friendship
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  1. French; see papa in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French papa = D.G. Danish Papa (pa-pa′) = Swedish pappa (pap′pa) =Spanish Pg pap´ = Italian Páppa (Florio), papà, papa father; cf. Late Latin Papa (genitive papæ), papas (genitive papatis), a bishop (see papa); cf. also Late Latin Papas. Pappas, a governor, tutor, from Gr.πάππας, father (mostly in voc., as a child's word, Low German Middle Greek also πάπας, παπᾱς, and πᾶ); a redupl. Of the syllable pa, a natural infantile utterance, made to mean ‘father,’ as the similar utterance ma, mama, is made to mean ‘mother’ (see mama); cf. pap, pap, pap. Cf. also papa.
  2. Late Latin A bishop, Middle Latin pope, from LGr. πάπας, father: applied, like father, to ecclesiastics, especially to the bishop of Rome, whenceult., through As. Pāpa, the English pope: see papa and pope.
  3. New Latin; cf. papio, papion, and,baboon.
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