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Definition of the godfather in English Turkish dictionary
- godfather
- {i} manevi baba
- godfather
- mafya babası
- godfather
- vaftiz babası
- godfather
- vaftiz baba
O kırmızı gömleği bana vaftiz babam verdi.
-My godfather gave me that red shirt.
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English - English
Definition of the godfather in English English dictionary
- 1969 novel by Mario Puzo about an Italian mafia family; Academy Award-winning film trilogy based on the novel by Mario Puzo (directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro)
- godfather
- A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child
- godfather
- {n} a male sponsor in baptism
- godfather
- A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction
- godfather
- A mafia leader
- godfather
- To stand godfather To pay the reckoning, godfathers being generally chosen for the sake of the present they are expected to make the child at the christening or in their wills
- godfather
- A powerful man who is at the head of a criminal organization is sometimes referred to as a godfather. the feared godfather of the Mafia
- godfather
- A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post
- godfather
- someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
- godfather
- To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care
- godfather
- This term, as opposed to witness to a baptism, was used by members of the Episcopal Church, chiefly about Dundee and Aberdeen There was no fined number of godparents
- godfather
- Godmother A man or woman who sponsors a child or adult at baptism, also called a godparent
- godfather
- You can refer to a man who started or developed something such as a style of music as the godfather of that thing. the godfather of soul, James Brown. a violent US film, in which Marlon Brando appears as the leader of a powerful Mafia family, the Corleone family. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, were made about the same family. The film is based on a book by Mario Puzo, and was made by Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
- godfather
- someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
- godfather
- {i} man who sponsors a child at his baptism and promises to oversee his religious education (generally a family friend)
- godfather
- any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
- godfather
- A godfather is a male godparent
- godfather
- a man or woman who sponsors a child at baptism, also called a Godparent
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the godfather
Hyphenation
the god·fa·therTurkish pronunciation
dhi gädfädhırPronunciation
/ᴛʜē ˈgädˌfäᴛʜər/ /ðiː ˈɡɑːdˌfɑːðɜr/
Etymology
[ before consonants usually ] (definite article.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English thE, masc. demonstrative pronoun & definite article, alteration of sE; akin to Greek ho, masculine demonstrative pronoun & definite article; more at THAT.Resimler
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