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godson

[ god-suhn ]

noun

  1. a male godchild.


godson

/ ˈɡɒdˌsʌn /

noun

  1. a male godchild


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Word History and Origins

Origin of godson1

before 900; Middle English; Old English godsunu. god, son

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Example Sentences

As for my godson, I completely adored him—just like every other white lady who ever saw him.

When my godson Trey was a toddler growing up in Brooklyn, every white woman who saw him fell in love with him.

Wonderful news from the British think tank Policy Exchange: They have appointed the brilliant Dean Godson as their new director.

They included both William Davenant, a godson of Shakespeare and Sir John Suckling, the inventor of the card game cribbage.

My godson and I wrote a note of congratulations and slipped it under her door.

Mr. Godson opposed the measure; and Mr. Charles Buller delivered a clever speech in its support.

President de Thou paid his godson a visit during which he showed himself most fatherly.

"I should not be surprised at it—with him," Godson answered.

I gave it also to my godson, a little rascal who would be about your age now, and whom I have sought in vain in Paris.

And the next morning the old man set out in his carriage with his dear godson.

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