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papa

[pah-puh, puh-pah] / ˈpɑ pə, pəˈpɑ /
NOUN
father
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


Example Sentences

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‘You’ve got to take care of mama bear and papa bear first.’

From MarketWatch

Someone’s got to pay as papa becomes grand-père, but the forecast is bleak.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Sounds like a papa wolf and a cute little wolf cub to me.”

From Literature

When Gustav swaggers back into the daughters’ lives to play the cheery grandfather and beloved papa, both are skeptical.

From The Wall Street Journal

To me, and everyone else in my family, he’s always been papa.

From Salon