What is the meaning of Godfather?

  • (v.t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
  • (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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