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(usually childish) Father.
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(informal, with article) A perfect example, a role model.
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(informal, in early use chiefly African-American Vernacular) A male lover.
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(dated slang) An informal term of address for a man.
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(BDSM, sexual slang) A dominant male partner, often used as an address.
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(slang) A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
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(slang, obsolete) A stage manager.
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(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
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(slang, obsolete) An accomplice selected to win the prize in a fraudulent raffle or lottery.
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(slang, obsolete) The man in charge of a casual ward, generally an elderly pauper.