daddies

noun

plural of daddy
1
as in dads
a male human parent I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish

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as in ancestors
something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed Cook's Tours can be considered the daddy of all organized travel tours

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Recent Examples of daddies Everyone has heard of the ‘crazy cat lady,’ but cat daddies have their own cultural stereotypes. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Vegas is full of bachelor parties, drag revues, Elvis impersonators, wedding chapels, showgirls, leather daddies, casino grandmas, and enough sequins to blind Liberace. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026 One of the world’s most famous baby daddies is getting a Netflix docuseries to chronicle his hectic life. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 May 2026 The options are vast, ranging from Rita Ora vamping on one station and drunk gay daddies being spotlighted on another. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025 Some people's mommies and daddies really, really struggle with money, and that is not something to ever make fun of somebody for. — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 The baby daddies are family to me. — Jordan Greene, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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  1. dads
  2. ancestors
  3. fathers
  4. forerunners
  5. precursors
Noun
  • One Swedish study showed that flexibility within paternal leave policies, such as allowing new dads to take intermittent time off after the birth of a child, helped reduce the incidence of maternal postpartum health complications.
    — Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Seeing these two girl dads tear up about walking their babies down the aisle, the passage of time, and the inviolate personhood of their daughters was tender and precious.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of dads
Noun
  • By remaining involved in the businesses their ancestors began, these families have preserved and expanded their wealth across multiple generations while also shaping the American business landscape.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
  • John Spencer, at the time heir to the Spencer earldom and styled as Viscount Althorp, was two years older than Queen Elizabeth II and descended from a long line of ancestors who served the British crown.
    — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • That was in part to force the fathers to pay child maintenance, thus saving taxpayers’ money, but also supposedly to save the souls of both parents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • To offset these kinds of social pressures, countries like Japan and Austria offer incentives such as bonus leave time for families when fathers actually take their available leave.
    — Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of fathers
Noun
  • Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • One of the forerunners today in Madeira and the Azores is António Maçanita from Azores Wine Company.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of forerunners
Noun
  • The coal and steel organization was the first among European institutions that were precursors to what eventually became the European Union.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Depots could reconstitute expended stocks on site, as quickly as mineral precursors can be extracted and processed.
    — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
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“Daddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddies. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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