Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A female godchild.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female godchild.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
female child whosebaptism is sponsored by agodparent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a female godchild
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Examples
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And we became aware there was a tape out there of him and this 14-year-old girl who he refers to as his goddaughter on one of his albums.
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My sister-in-law’s goddaughter is also nicknamed Budge.
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Unbeknownst to him, her goddaughter was a literary agent.
David Henry Sterry: How to Get Your Book Published When Everyone Keeps Rejecting It David Henry Sterry 2012
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Unbeknownst to him, her goddaughter was a literary agent.
David Henry Sterry: How to Get Your Book Published When Everyone Keeps Rejecting It David Henry Sterry 2012
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He was more of a flirt than anything more serious, though, because he was already dating his high-school sweetheart, Kelly, and would eventually marry her and, I might add, have a beautiful daughter named Brianna whom I am proud to call my goddaughter.
Out of Sync Lance Bass 2007
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He was more of a flirt than anything more serious, though, because he was already dating his high-school sweetheart, Kelly, and would eventually marry her and, I might add, have a beautiful daughter named Brianna whom I am proud to call my goddaughter.
Out of Sync Lance Bass 2007
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My goddaughter is a junior in the honors program at her school.
Lance Mannion: 2004
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My goddaughter was a straight A student and she was turned down by all of her first choice schools.
Lance Mannion: 2004
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My goddaughter is a junior in the honors program at her school.
Knowledge is good 2004
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My goddaughter was a straight A student and she was turned down by all of her first choice schools.
Knowledge is good 2004
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May 19, 2011