Godfather

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  • noun. A man who sponsors a person at baptism.
  • noun. One that has a relationship to another person or to something that is the equivalent of being a baptismal sponsor.
  • noun. The leader of an organized crime family.
  • transitive verb. To serve as or as if a godfather to.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To act as godfather to; be sponsor for.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A juryman, as jocularly held to be godfather to the prisoner.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. Correlative of godmother.
  • transitive verb. To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
  • noun. A mafia leader.
  • verb. To act as godfather to.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
  • noun. any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
    • Word Usage
    "She tried to remember what Effie had said about Luca and if the word godfather played a part in the conversation."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    godmother  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    godparent  patron  sponsor  supporter  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    benefactress  deliverers  godchild  goddaughter  godmother  
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