Pōpe, n.

n. [Lat. papa, father, bishop. Gr. πᾰπᾶς, πᾰππᾰς, father, vocative πᾰπᾰ, πᾰππᾰ. See PAPE.]

1. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic church.
2. (Ichth.) A small fish of the perch family;—called also ruff. Walton.