Godfather

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A man who sponsors a person at baptism.
  • n. One that has a relationship to another person or to something that is the equivalent of being a baptismal sponsor: the godfather of a new generation of nuclear physicists.
  • n. Slang The leader of an organized crime family.
  • v. To serve as or as if a godfather to.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
  • n. A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
  • n. A mafia leader.
  • v. To act as godfather to.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. Correlative of godmother.
  • v. To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In the liturgical churches, a man who at the baptism of a child makes a profession of the Christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a male sponsor. See sponsor.
  • n. A juryman, as jocularly held to be godfather to the prisoner.
  • To act as godfather to; be sponsor for.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
  • n. any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
    • Antonym
    godmother   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    patron    supporter    sponsor    godparent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    godmother    godchild    benefactress    goddaughter    deliverers   
     
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