papaship

English

Etymology

papa +‎ -ship

Noun

papaship (uncountable)

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