1. A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
   "Pappa, can you help me with my homework?";
   - father, male parent, begetter [archaic], dad [informal], dada [informal], daddy [informal], pa [informal], papa [informal], pop [informal], poppa [N. Amer, informal], pappy [informal], da [dialect, informal]

Derived forms: pappas

Type of: parent

Encyclopedia: Pappa, Anthony