Godmother vs Godfather - What's the difference?
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A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
To act as godmother to.
* 1909 , H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay
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.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
A mafia leader.
(transitive, often, figuratively) To act as godfather to.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 3, author=John F. Burns, title=At Hussein Grave, Legend Lives as Fury Simmers, work=New York Times
, passage=The grave site, humble as it is, reflects something more than a hometown’s determination to honor a fallen son, something that seems irreducible in the politics of Iraq: the refusal of the Sunni minority, who ruled Iraq for centuries until Mr. Hussein’s overthrow, to reconcile themselves to the assumption of power by the Shiite majority who won elections godfathered by the American occupation authority. }}
Godfather is a related term of godmother.
As nouns the difference between godmother and godfather
is that godmother is a woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child while godfather is 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.As verbs the difference between godmother and godfather
is that godmother is to act as godmother to while godfather is to act as godfather to.godmother
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* co-mother * cummerVerb
(en verb)- The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.
See also
* ("godmother" on Wikipedia)godfather
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