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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAD
DAD'DLE, v.i. To walk with tottering, like a child or an old man.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably baby talk Date: 15th century father 1a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. father. Etymology: perh. imit. of a child's da, da (cf. DADDY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dad Dad, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. daid, Gael. daidein, W. tad, OL. ?, ?, Skr. t[=a]ta.] Father; -- a word sometimes used by children. I was never so bethumped withwords, Since I first called my brother's father dad. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dads) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Your dad is your father. (INFORMAL) How do you feel, Dad?... He's living with his mum and dad. N-FAMILY

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also daddy) [Childish terms.] Father.

Moby Thesaurus

Methuselah, abba, antediluvian, antique, back number, conservative, daddy, dodo, elder, father, fogy, fossil, foster father, fud, fuddy-duddy, genitor, governor, granny, has-been, longhair, matriarch, mid-Victorian, mossback, old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old woman, old-timer, pa, pap, papa, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pop, pops, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, sire, square, starets, stepfather, the old man, traditionalist