Godmother vs Godmotherly - What's the difference?
godmother | godmotherly |
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
As a noun 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.As a verb godmother
is to act as godmother to.As an adjective godmotherly is
of, or befitting, a godmother.godmother
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* 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.