a wealthy, middle-aged man who spends freely on a young woman in return for her companionship or intimacy.
Origin
1915-20
Examples from the web for sugar daddy
One day she brings home a wealthy businessman who agrees to become her sugar daddy.
There are only three ways to fix a public debt crisis: raise taxes, cut spending, or find a sugar daddy.
Being a sugar daddy has nothing to do with masculinity.
Next chair on industrial sugar daddy dating beat these care despite last opening.
British Dictionary definitions for sugar daddy
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 Origin and History for sugar daddy
n.
also sugar-daddy, "elderly man who lavishes gifts on a young woman," 1926, from sugar + daddy.
Slang definitions & phrases for sugar daddy
sugar daddy
noun phrase
A man who provides money, esp one who supports a clandestine sweetheart or a gold-digger: Mrs Shawsky must have had a sugar daddy on the side/ The Pentagon seems to be playing sugar daddy to a lot of American workers(1926+)
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 ]