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# godson

«godson» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy whose godparent has promised to look after him in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (godson, godsons)

### meaning for a pupil

A godson is a boy whose godparent has promised to look after him in the Christian faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godson/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a godson is a boy protected or blessed by a kind fairy or queen

### examples

- The queen watched carefully over her godson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godson/#x1)
- The fairies gave gifts to her little godson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/godson/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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