big daddy

big daddy
noun
Usage: often capitalized B&D
: one preeminent especially by reason of power, size, or seniority : one representing paternalistic authority

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big daddy [big daddy] (AmE infml)
a man who is powerful, important or rich, or all of these. He is usually a man who acts like a father to people who work for him or depend on him. Big Daddy is the name of the frightening head of the family in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) by Tennessee ↑Williams.

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