Sponsor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sponsor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Sponsor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sponsor n someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron, sponsor, supporter] an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) Synonym(s): presenter, sponsor v assume sponsorship of [syn: sponsor, patronize, patronise] assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan" do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor Antonym(s): boycott
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sponsor \Spon"sor\, n. [L., from spondere, sponsum, to engage one's self. See {Spose}.] 1. One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety. 2. One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.