godfather : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: godfather	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for godfather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
godfather n any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Godfather \God"fa`ther\, v. t. To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [R.] --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Godfather \God"fa`ther\, n. [AS. godf[91]der. Cf. {Gossip}.] A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. --Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).