sugar daddy

[ shoog-er dad-ee ]

noun

, Slang.

, plural sug·ar dad·dies.

1. a wealthy man who spends freely on a younger person, generally a woman or a gay man, in return for companionship or sexual intimacy. Compare sugar baby def, sugar mama def.

sugar daddy

noun

1. slang.
   a rich usually middle-aged or old man who bestows expensive gifts on a young person in return for companionship or sexual favours

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar daddy¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Idioms and Phrases

A wealthy, usually older man who gives expensive gifts to someone much younger in return for companionship or sexual favors. For example, The aspiring young actress and the sugar daddy are a classic combination in Hollywood . The sugar in this term alludes to the sweetening role of the gifts, and daddy to the age difference between the pair. [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

The President as the ultimate sugar daddy, the ultimate protector with whom you can be as “behind a stone wall.”

From The Daily Beast

A generation of orphaned, high-heeled girls, looking for a daddy as much as a sugar daddy.

From The Daily Beast

As seen from that point of view, the Sugar Daddy might have been a little icy himself about his Sugar Baby.

From The Daily Beast

Zarif arrived in Moscow to expand cooperation with Russia and pay homage to his sugar daddy for making all of this possible.

From The Daily Beast

But I still believe sugar daddy dating sites serve a purpose.

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