godmother

n.

1. A woman who sponsors a person at baptism.
2. One that has a relationship to another person or to something that is the equivalent of being a baptismal sponsor: the godmother to a new generation of physicians.

tr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.
To serve as or as if a godmother to.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gudmor
v. tr. - være gudmor

Nederlands (Dutch)
peettante

Français (French)
n. - marraine
v. tr. - être la marraine de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Patentante, Patin
v. - Patin sein, Patin stehen bei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάδοχος, νονά

Italiano (Italian)
madrina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - madrinha (f)

Русский (Russian)
крестная мать

Español (Spanish)
n. - madrina
v. tr. - amadrinar, proteger

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gudmor

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
教母, 名义上母亲, 当...的教母, 作...的女监护人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 教母, 名義上母親
v. tr. - 當...的教母, 作...的女監護人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대모 (세례시 아이의 이름을 지어 주는 대모)
v. tr. - 대모로서 행동하다, ~의 대모가 되다, 후원하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 教母, 女保護者, 名親
v. - 教母になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العرابه, ام في العماد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סנדקית‬
v. tr. - ‮שימשה כסנדקית, תמכה ב-‬

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Godmother Poem	godmother poem
godmother gifts	godmother poems