(slang) A childless man who enters into a relationship with a woman who has children, instantly becoming a father.
(slang) A childless man who enters into a relationship with a woman who has children, instantly becoming a father.
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(slang, chiefly, US) The father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child.
(by extension, idiomatic, derogatory, informal) A man who is voluntarily absent and uncaring towards his children, especially one who leaves them entirely in their mother's care.
(slang) Advice given to new fathers, often from other fathers.
(North America, informal) fatherhood.
(chiefly, US, and, Canada, idiomatic, derogatory) A man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary child support when he is legally required to do so.