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Meanings of godfather in English
Russian
крёстный отец Spanish
padrino Antonyms
Examples for "godmother"
Examples for "godmother"
1
I could have repeated myself, but my godmother had certainly heard me.
2
Cinderella wandering wistfully in the glass-bead section looking for a fairy godmother.
3
But I don't send gifts, and I don't ask to be godmother.
4
The gift of grace had been added by the fairy godmother nature.
5
His godmother took him in her arms and embraced him many times.
1
To be godchild of the Pope was no longer possible in England.
2
Letter has just come, and I am demented about my new godchild!
3
There was in his manner none of his usual tenderness to his godchild.
4
Does not my godchild seem to be developing new characteristics, Stephen?
5
Oh, say yes, and I will give thee a duchy for my godchild.
Usage of godfather in English
1
Suddenly in the midst of the general embarrassment my godfather exclaimed brutally:
2
He really is a godfather of good feature writing in New Zealand.
3
The court heard Waipouri was godfather to two of Mr Murphy's children.
4
His part in the performance was that of godfather to the bishop.
5
Jean perceived nothing; he had forgotten the promise made to his godfather.
6
I know your entire life; your godfather has related it to me.
7
She had given him his middle name in honor of his godfather.
8
Amélie turned alternately pale and red at the recital of her godfather.
9
I asked Adrian if he would stand godfather to our first child.
10
The Webers had already asked him to be godfather to the baby.
11
The godmother was Natalya Andreyevna Velikosvyetsky, and the godfather Pavel Ivanitch Bezsonnitsin.
12
He wished the young man hadn't enlisted his Chicago friend as godfather.
13
She had been told that her godfather was coming to see her.
14
The next day Lorilleux, as godfather, gave Gervaise six pounds of sugar.
15
The Duke is called George Plantagenet, and the king was his godfather.
16
Phil May was his godfather; and every industrious humourist employs him periodically.
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Godfather through the time
Godfather across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common