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godparents

godparents is the plural of godparent.

Meaning of godparent

Noun

godparent (plural godparents)

  1. A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.
  2. A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.

Phrases with godparents

Questions about godparents

What is godparents the plural of?
Godparents is the plural of godparent.

Words near godparents in the dictionary

  1. godparent
  2. godparental
  3. godparenthood
  4. godparenthoods
  5. godparenting
  6. godparents
  7. godpas
  8. Godrich
  9. Godridge
  10. godroon
  11. godrooned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: godparents (page history and authors); godparent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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