PAPPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pappa mean? 

• PAPPA (noun)
  The noun PAPPA has 1 sense:

1. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

  Familiarity information: PAPPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa; pop

Hypernyms ("pappa" is a kind of...):

begetter; father; male parent (a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father))

 Context examples 

Ten per cent., and double to be repaid when de Royal pappa die.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)