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noun a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god English god- English parent English godparent From god- + parent, modelled after godfather, godmother, godsib, etc.
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