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Dutch
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
paap m (plural papen, diminutive paapje n)
- (derogatory) Slur for a Roman Catholic cleric.
- (by extension, derogatory, now chiefly humorous) papist (slur for any Roman Catholic)
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