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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2
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
  • The discovery led to a complete redesign of the project, shifting the hotel inland to preserve the sacred site and honor the ancestors who remain there.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The small, troubled Trask family represents isolation, generational trauma and dysfunctional cycles in contrast to the large, loving and morally grounded Hamilton family, who are modeled after Steinbeck’s own maternal ancestors.
    — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • Other networks have been established for working fathers, LGBTQ+ employees, and early-career staff, which were established to give younger employees a greater say in their career development and opportunities to communicate with leadership.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Architect Addison Mizner, who gave Worth Avenue its shape and character, and Paris Singer, son of sewing-machine entrepreneur Isaac Merritt Singer, were the fathers of the avenue.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 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
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  • Ng, who is Jo Henderson’s oncologist, noted that her previous research found that women who ate more ultraprocessed foods had a higher risk of colon polyps that can be precursors to cancer.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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“Daddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daddies. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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