Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A male godchild.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A male godchild.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See
godfather .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
male child whose baptism is sponsored by agodparent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male godchild
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Examples
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My girlfriend spend few years in US and still loves this country (her godson is american), we french, could learn much about US but we have to admit that we feel frustrating sometime especially when we see this kind of posts.
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My godson is going over soon, so the war's about to get personal for me.
Savoir Vivre 2010
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I am a good friend and when my godson is born I am guaranteed to be the best godmother in the history of the world.
I Mean You. karenhealey 2010
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My godson is going over soon, so the war's about to get personal for me.
Traditions 2008
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Since godson is only seven and a half, his draftsmanship and lettering have room to improve, so I've recreated the script to make sure the story's clear.
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By way of contrast, Mrs NotaSheep's sub-teen godson is at a public school and apparently is being taught Maths in a class of 15.
Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Since godson is only seven and a half, his draftsmanship and lettering have room to improve, so I've recreated the script to make sure the story's clear.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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By way of contrast, Mrs NotaSheep's sub-teen godson is at a public school and apparently is being taught Maths in a class of 15.
Education, education, education Not a sheep 2008
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My godson is going over soon, so the war's about to get personal for me.
Culture 2006
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But if anyone ever called my godson a "sick little freak," or a "nut," or a "freak of nature," or beat him with a shoe for being himself, I could not, and would not, be held accountable for my reaction, or my inevitable response.
Michael Rowe: KRXQ Sacramento Radio Hosts Encourage Violence Against Transgender Children 2009
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chrześniak
May 19, 2011