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# godmother

«godmother» in Mova's school dictionary: **a woman who promises at a child's baptism or christening…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a godmother, godmothers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A godmother is a woman who promises at a child's baptism or christening to help bring the child up in the Christian faith and care for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#m1)

2) A fairy godmother is a magic helper in fairy tales, like in «Cinderella», or anyone who helps you unexpectedly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Church life (baptism), family, fairy tales (Cinderella's fairy godmother), everyday jokes («I need a fairy godmother»).

### examples

- My godmother came to my first communion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#x1)
- Aunt Sophie is my godmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#x2)
- Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#x3)
- The godmother promised to help the child grow in faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#x4)
- She was like a fairy godmother to the charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#x5)
- I have two godmothers and one godfather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#x6)
- The Russian merchant was his godfather, and the kitchen-maid his godmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/#x7)

### note

Plural: godmothers. Godparents = godmothers and godfathers. A godmother does not have to be a relative.

### In the corpora

- [khreshchEnyi and khreshchEna mean godfather and godmother; godparents are treated almost as family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «godmother» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godmother/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.