paap

From Middle Dutch pape (“priest, secular cleric”), from Old Dutch *papo (“priest”), from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs). Cognate to German Pfaffe. Doublet of paus.

• IPA^(key): /paːp/

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• Hyphenation: paap
• Rhymes: -aːp

paap m (plural papen, diminutive paapje n)

1. (derogatory) Slur for a Roman Catholic cleric.
2. (by extension, derogatory, now chiefly humorous) papist (slur for any Roman Catholic)