Usually means: Father, often used affectionately, dad.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word papa:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. papa: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Papa, papa: Merriam-Webster
  3. papa: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. papa: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. papa: Collins English Dictionary
  6. papa: Vocabulary.com
  7. Papa, papa: Wordnik
  8. papa: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. PAPA, papa, papa-: Wiktionary
  10. papa: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. papa (poppa): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. papa: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Papa, papa: Dictionary.com
  14. papa: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. papa: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Papa (Hawaiian mythology), Papa (TV series), Papa (bishop), Papa (disambiguation), Papa (mythology), Papa (surname), Papa: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Papa: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. papa: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. papa: Rhymezone
  20. Papa, Papa, papa, papa (m), pap: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. papa: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. papa: FreeDictionary.org
  23. papa: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. papa: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. papa: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Papa (slang), papa: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PAPA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. papa: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. papa, the papa: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. papa: Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
noun:  (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
noun:  A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
noun:  Any pinball tournament held under the auspices of the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
noun:  (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun:  Acronym of Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
noun:  (aviation) Acronym of Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid.

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