daddy

CEFRA1

/ˈdæd.i/

noun

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At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

A perfect example, a role model.
A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
A sexually attractive man, particularly—but not exclusively—a father or an older man.

In context

Rock 'n' roll is cool, daddy, and you know it!
The guy I've been dating offered to do bondage with me, and I was like "Yes please, daddy."
the daddy of them all

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[Norman Mailer] was, though, absolutely the daddy of faction, his novels or journalism reporting every conflict from 1939 to Iraq and biographising Americans including John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and Neil Armstrong.
2007 November 12, Mark Lawson, “The king of faction”, in The Guardian
The very attractive Daddy-type in the harness and cap.
1988 May 7, Christopher Wittke, “It Takes Two To Tango”, in Gay Community News, page 10
She looked at me with that familiar desire Her eyes lit up like they were on fire She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track, But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back, So if you want to have fun in this man's land, Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks
However, what is of interest is that it is clear that the staff have to use the prisoners to run the borstal and thus do not object to, or try to control the inmate subculture that produces 'daddies', violence, sexual assault and racism, […]
2004, David Wilson, Sean O'Sullivan, Images of Incarceration, page 162
The daddies were the chaps of the old borstal system, leaders who had clawed their way to the top of the borstal food chain by showing gameness and the ability and willingness to inflict serious violence on their fellow detainees.
2015, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang

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From dad + -y (diminutive suffix).