1. A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
   "his dad was born in Atlanta";
   - father, male parent, begetter [archaic], dada [informal], daddy [informal], pa [informal], papa [informal], pappa [informal], pop [informal], poppa [N. Amer, informal], pappy [informal], da [dialect, informal]

Derived forms: dads

Type of: parent

Encyclopedia: Dad, Where Are We Going