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sugar daddy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From sugar (“money”) + daddy (“father”).

Meanings

  1. (slang) A man who spends money on an often younger partner in order to maintain the relationship.
    • "Huh, indeed!" Isobel answered him. "Proposing, or propositioning? If either of you two Romeos ever rattle the doorknob of my room at night again, you're apt to get a bullet through it." Jake winced. "Wasn't me. Look at my gray hair, Isobel. I'm old enough to be your daddy." "Sugar daddy, I suppose," she said mockingly. 1961, Dallas McCord Reynolds, Black Man's Burden, Project Gutenberg EBook edition:
    • […] Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci [street]: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle. 2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:
    • Near-synonym: aristo

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sugardaddy alternative lexicographic
sugar daddies Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

sugar baby · sugar mommy · sugar mama

Deriveds

Uncle Sugar

Descendants

sugar daddy · sugar · шу́га дэ́дди · Sugardaddy · ba đường · sugar daddy · bố đường · sugardaddy

Hypernyms

sugar parent

Relateds

sugaring · sugar dating

Translations (35)

sw buzi (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · vi ba đường (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · vi sugar daddy (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · te సుగర్ డాడీ (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · fi namupappa (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · es sugar (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · cmn 甜爹 (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · pt coroa endinheirado (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · ru па́пик (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · pl sponsor (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · ru па́почка (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · he שוגר דדי (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · sv snaskefar (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · ru дэ́дди (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · th เสี่ย (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · es lagartón (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · cmn 甜心爹地 (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · de Sugardaddy (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · es sugar daddy (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · km តាចិញ្ចឹម (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · nb sugardaddy (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · vi bố đường (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · te షుగర్ డాడీ (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · af vroetelpappie (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · pt sugar daddy (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · sv sugardaddy (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · ru са́харный па́почка (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · es rabo verde (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · id gadun (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · cmn 乾爹 /干爹 (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · jam boops (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · jam brinks (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · ko 슈가대디 (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · km តា (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner) · th ป๋า (slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner)