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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In fairy tales, a female, usually older fairy who helps humans by using magical powers.
- noun A generous benefactor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In certain
fairy tales , a fictionalbenevolent woman withmagical powers who uses them to help thecause of theprotagonist . - noun by extension Any
generous benefactor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine
- noun a generous benefactor
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frindley commented on the word fairy godmother
Shuffles Wordie PRO! user off to bed when said user stays up using Wordie past pumpkin hour.
October 3, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fairy godmother
Very useful, sometimes.
October 3, 2008