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GODPARENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does godparent mean?
• GODPARENT (noun)
The noun GODPARENT has 1 sense:
1. a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
Familiarity information: GODPARENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("godparent" is a kind of...):
patron; sponsor; supporter (someone who supports or champions something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "godparent"):
godfather (any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism)
godmother (any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism)
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