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paters

noun

plural of pater, chiefly British

as in dads

a male human parent Pater had promised to pay for military school after third form

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Thank you to all my brothers blocking and having my back and my dads!

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
Science Daily said that a 1982 study show that 43% of dads have never changed a diaper.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of dads

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Those girls in the hothouses maintained by fathers and uncles certainly would not spare a single thought for Percherette.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
Nearly every player on the team is a dad, with seemingly a few players becoming first-time fathers each of the past few seasons.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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Everyone has heard of the ‘crazy cat lady,’ but cat daddies have their own cultural stereotypes.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Vegas is full of bachelor parties, drag revues, Elvis impersonators, wedding chapels, showgirls, leather daddies, casino grandmas, and enough sequins to blind Liberace.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026

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