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Her aunt is also her godmother.
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Hargitay is even the godmother of Meloni’s daughters.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Hargitay is even the godmother of Meloni’s daughters.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Cruise lines select godmothers – and sometimes godfathers – to sponsor new ships as part of a maritime tradition intended to bring luck and safe passage to the vessel and its passengers.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Diana counted Monckton, now a baroness, among her closest friends and was godmother to one of her daughters.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Hargitay is even the godmother of Meloni’s daughters.
—Yamillah Hurtado, People.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Cruise lines select godmothers – and sometimes godfathers – to sponsor new ships as part of a maritime tradition intended to bring luck and safe passage to the vessel and its passengers.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Diana counted Monckton, now a baroness, among her closest friends and was godmother to one of her daughters.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for godmother
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“Godmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godmother. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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godmother
noun
god·moth·er
ˈgäd-ˌmət͟h-ər 
also ˈgȯd-
: a female sponsor at baptism
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