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guideparents

guideparents is the plural of guideparent.

Meaning of guideparent

Noun

guideparent (plural guideparents)

  1. A person who, at a child's naming ceremony, agrees to help raise the child (especially in a non-religious setting)
    • The guideparents were very nervous during the naming ceremony.

Questions about guideparents

What is guideparents the plural of?
Guideparents is the plural of guideparent.

Words near guideparents in the dictionary

  1. guidelined
  2. guidelineless
  3. guidelines
  4. guidelining
  5. guideparent
  6. guideparents
  7. guidepost
  8. guideposts
  9. guider
  10. guiderail
  11. guiderails

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guideparents (page history and authors); guideparent (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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