daddy

noun

ˈda-dē How to pronounce daddy (audio)
Definition of daddynext
1
as in dad
a male human parent I stopped calling my father "Daddy" because I thought it sounded childish

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2
as in ancestor
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 daddy My daddy’s house is down the road from the studio, because that studio is on my dad’s land. — Ivie Ani, VIBE.com, 30 July 2026 That had come out somewhere in between the baby drama and the daddy-ramming drama. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 23 July 2026 But the scene-stealer is Froseth’s hungry-eyed striver, a comic sexpot with her own Marilyn Monroe-esque daddy issues. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 In their respective grief, mommy issues, daughter issues, and, in the case of Armand and Daniel, daddy issues, our vampires are giving each other a run for their money over who is the most beautiful, most unwell. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for daddy
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  1. dad
  2. ancestor
  3. father
  4. forerunner
  5. precursor
Noun
  • Aside from his family — led by baseball-lifer dad James — Vilade is loved the most in the Rays clubhouse.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Other jobholders included dads with young children and women with no kids.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • Essay Get the Lead Out Alex Manley Our ancestors were born to die by predators.
    — Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For the last decade, genealogical consultant Grant Din has helped Asian Americans find information about their ancestors, many of whom passed through San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station in the 1900s.
    — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • Nuclear Children follows 18-year-old Isla Sparrow who, after the death of her father in a submarine accident, hopes to escape her grieving family and flee to university.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In the story, Ejva inherits her father’s reindeer herd following his sudden death.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • 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 forerunner
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Iran and Oman were discussing a joint temporary shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz and mind clearing mission, a precursor to a permanent arrangement to administer the waterway.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This can be a precursor to doing heel-to-toe walking and can build confidence in someone’s ability to stay upright.
    — Connie Etermadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Daddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddy. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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