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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| papa1 (pəˈpɑː) | |
| —n | |
| old-fashioned an informal word for father | |
| [C17: from French, a children's word for father; compare Late Latin pāpa, Greek pappa] | |
| papa2 (ˈpɑːpɑː) | |
| —n | |
| RC Church another name for the pope | |
| [C16: from Italian] | |
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papa
"father," 1681, from Fr. papa, from L. papa, originally a child's word, cf. Gk. pappa (voc.) "o father," pappas "father," pappos "grandfather." The native word is daddy; first use of papa was in courtly speech, as a continental affectation, not used by common folk until late 18c.
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