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Webster 1913 Edition


Daddy

Dad′dy

,
Noun.
Diminutive of
Dad
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Daddy

DADDY

,
Noun.
Father; a word used by infants, from whom it is taken. The first articulations of infants or young children are dental of labial; dental, in tad, dad, and labial, in mamma, papa.

Definition 2024


Daddy

Daddy

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English

Proper noun

Daddy

  1. One's father.
    I will only do what Daddy says.

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daddy

daddy

See also: Daddy

English

Noun

daddy (plural daddies)

  1. (usually childish) father.
  2. (informal) male lover.
    • 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks
      She looked at me with that familiar desire
      Her eyes lit up like they were on fire
      She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,
      But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,
      So if you want to have fun in this man's land,
      Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."

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