daddy

(informal) Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.

(informal) someone's father

(informal) Often in the form the daddy of: the most important or influential man in a field or group; a doyen.

(informal, figurative) Often in the form the daddy of: the most significant of a number of things; a perfect example.

(informal) Often used as a term of address: a dominant male sexual partner.

(informal) An older masculine sexual partner, especially one who is more sexually dominant; specifically, one who prefers younger partners.

(informal, slang) A dominant partner in a homosexual relationship; especially one who provides protection to a more vulnerable inmate.

(US, informal) A husband; also, a woman's (often older) male lover; (generally) a sexually attractive man; a hunk.

(informal, slang) Chiefly used as a term of address: a man who is not one's father, often but not necessarily older than oneself.

Often in the form old daddy: a man or an organization regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.

(slang, figurative) A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory, or a male prisoner in a prison, who dominates other inmates through threats and violence.

(figurative, no longer used) A man who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.

(figurative, no longer used) A man in charge of a casual ward (“the section of a workhouse where itinerants and tramps could be accommodated for one night”), generally an elderly pauper.

(figurative, no longer used) A stage manager.

(figurative, no longer used) An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent lottery or raffle.

(informal) Characteristic of or resembling a dad or father.

(Appalachia) To father (a child); to beget, to sire.