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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAP`A, n. [L. papa.] Father; a word with us used by children.

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

also poppa noun Etymology: French (baby talk) Date: 1677 father

Merriam Webster's

Date: 1952 — a communications code word for the letter p

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. archaic father (esp. as a child's word). Etymology: F f. LL f. Gk papas

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Papa Pa*pa", n. [F. papa, L. papa; cf. Gr. ?, ?, a child's word meaning father. Cf. Pope.] 1. A child's word for father. 2. A parish priest in the Greek Church. --Shipley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(papas) Some people refer to or address their father as papa. (OLD-FASHIONED) He was so much older than me, older even than my papa. N-FAMILY

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Father (so used by children).

Moby Thesaurus

Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abba, abuna, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dad, daddy, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, father, foster father, genitor, governor, hierarch, high priest, metropolitan, old man, pa, pap, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pop, pope, pops, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, sire, stepfather, subdean, suffragan, the old man, vicar