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godmother

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god·moth·er  (gdmr)
n.
1. A woman who sponsors a person at baptism.
2. One that has a relationship to another person or to something that is the equivalent of being a baptismal sponsor: the godmother to a new generation of physicians.
tr.v. god·moth·ered, god·moth·er·ing, god·moth·ers
To serve as or as if a godmother to.

godmother [ˈgɒdˌmʌðə]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a female godparent
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.godmothergodmother - any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
godparent - a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
Translations
godmother [ˈgɒdˌmʌðəʳ] Nmadrina f (to de)

godmother [ˈgɒdmʌðər] nmarraine f

godmother [ˈgɒdˌmʌðəʳ] nmadrina
godmother [ˈgɒdˌmʌðəʳ] nmadrina

godmother الأم المُربية kmotra gudmoder Patentante νονά madrina kummitäti marraine krsna kuma madrina 名付け親 대모 peetmoeder gudmor matka chrzestna madrinha крестная мать gudmor แม่อุปถัมป์ isim annesi mẹ đỡ đầu 教母


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So the little pot was placed in safety; but it was not long before the Cat had a great longing for it, and said to the Mouse, 'I wanted to tell you, little Mouse, that my cousin has a little son, white with brown spots, and she wants me to be godmother to it.
All good things go in threes,' said she, 'I am asked to stand godmother again.
It made me very sorry to consider how good she was and how unworthy of her I was, and I used ardently to hope that I might have a better heart; and I talked it over very often with the dear old doll, but I never loved my godmother as I ought to have loved her and as I felt I must have loved her if I had been a better girl.
 
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