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ˈgod-ˌchild
[f. god n. + child (see god-father).]
A person considered in relation to his or her god-parent or god-parents; a godson or god-daughter.
a1225Ancr. R. 210 To longe abiden vorte techen god⁓childe pater noster and credo. 1417E.E. Wills (1882) 39 Euere god-chyld þat y haue. c1450Myrc 152 Godfader and godmoder þou moste preche That they here godchyldere to gode teche. 1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 69 Ye haue many god children. 1791Boswell Johnson an. 1784, His gentleness..to a young lady his god-child. 1834Coleridge Let. 13 July in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 420 My dear Godchild. |