papaship en · NOUN
Etymology
papa + -ship
Meanings
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(archaic, humorous, rare, uncountable) Fatherhood.
[…] 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 18:[…] 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 97:
Coordinates
momhood · maternity · mothership · motherness · momness · mommyhood
Synonyms
dadhood · daddyhood · fatherness · paternity · fathership · dadness