I. ˈpäpə, in sense 2 “ or pəˈpä noun
( -s )
Etymology: Late Latin (influenced in meaning by Late Greek papas, pappas priest, bishop, pope), from Greek (baby talk) pappa father, vocative of papas, pappas
1. usually capitalized , archaic : the Roman pontiff, bishop of Rome and pope of the Roman Catholic Church
2.
[Late Greek papas, pappas (taken as plural) from Greek (baby talk), father]
: a parish priest of the Eastern Orthodox Church
II. ˈpäpə, ˈpȧpə, chiefly Brit pəˈpȧ noun
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Etymology: French, from Middle French; of baby-talk origin like Latin papa, pappa food, father, Greek papas, pappas father, pappos grandfather
1. : father
a promise from papa to supply more money — A.H.Raskin
2. slang : husband , lover
III.
variant of papaw
IV. ˈpäpə noun
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Etymology: American Spanish, from Quechua
: potato
V. noun
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Etymology: Hawaiian, Tahitian, Marquesan, & Maori
: a bluish New Zealand clay like indurated pipe clay used for whitening fireplaces
VI. noun
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Etymology: Sanskrit pāpa; probably akin to Sanskrit pāpman harm, evil — more at patient
Jainism : evil , sin — compare punya
VII.
Usage: usually capitalized
— a communications code word for the letter p