Meanings
nounpapaship (uncountable)
- archaichumorousrareuncountableFatherhood.
[…] 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 971 more example
[…] 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 18Synonyms: fathership, fatherness, dadhood, daddyhood, dadness, paternity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFatherhood.
Origin
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