Papa
[pə'pɑː;'pɑːpə] or ['pɑpə]
Definition
(n.) A child's word for father.
(n.) A parish priest in the Greek Church.
Inputed by Jenny
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Father (so used by children).
Edited by Jacqueline
Definition
n. father: a bishop: a priest of the Greek Church.
Checker: Williams
Examples
- Dear Mr. Traddles and dear Trotwood, papa once free with honour, what could I wish for! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Papa often lets me open the letter-bag and give him out the contents. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You must never say that to Papa. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I could not leave papa and mamma. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Papa, and every one else, says you had better go. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I am going to be a favourite: preferred before papa soon, I daresay. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have not seen your papa since the receipt of your pleasing letter, so could arrange nothing with him respecting the carriage. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I was accustomed to speak of the larder when I lived with papa and mama, and I use the word almost unconsciously. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Papa forbids it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That was your doing, papa. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You like Mr. Elton, papa,I must look about for a wife for him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mamma thought the dear too young to be taught to conquer his prejudices, but Papa believed that it never was too soon to learn obedience. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But papa is so disagreeable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- My papa lived to bail Mr. Micawber several times, and then expired, regretted by a numerous circle. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That is the case with us all, papa. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Haven't our Papas settled it ever so long? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Making a simpleton, a warning, and an example of myself, before a hundred and fifty of the 'papas' and 'mammas' of Villette. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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