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 →

2) A fairy godmother is a magic helper in fairy tales, like in «Cinderella», or anyone who helps you unexpectedly. tree →

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 →
• Aunt Sophie is my godmother. tree →
• Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach. tree →
• The godmother promised to help the child grow in faith. tree →
• She was like a fairy godmother to the charity. tree →
• I have two godmothers and one godfather. tree →
• The Russian merchant was his godfather, and the kitchen-maid his godmother. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «godmother» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.