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papaship

papaship noun: fatherhood.

Noun

papaship (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, humorous, rare) Fatherhood.
    • […] if I were a mamma — which I am happy to say I am not, finding papaship quite sufficient — I should assuredly buy him […]1879, All the Year Round, page 18
    • […] enjoyed a sort of honorary Papaship, and helped the dear little attendant angels, just out of the nursery, to mind the baby.1908, Edwin Howland Blashfield, Italian Cities, volume 1, page 97

Synonyms of papaship

Origin of papaship

papa + -ship

Questions about papaship

What does papaship mean?
Papaship means fatherhood.
What part of speech is papaship?
Papaship is a noun.

Words near papaship in the dictionary

  1. papas
  2. papasan
  3. papasan chair
  4. papasan chairs
  5. papasans
  6. papaship
  7. papau
  8. papauma
  9. papaus
  10. papavarine
  11. papaver

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