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ˈgod-ˌdaughter
[See godfather.]
A female considered in relation to her sponsors.
1002Will of Wulfric in Kemble Cod. Dipl. VI. 149 Ic ᵹeann minre goddohtor..ðæt lande æt Strættune [etc.]. a1300Cursor M. 28480 Mi godd doghter i gafe ne grith. 1340Ayenb. 48 To his godmoder oþer to his goddoȝter. c1440Promp. Parv. 201/2 Goddowter, filiola. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. ii. 8 How doth..your fairest daughter, and mine, my God-Daughter Ellen. 1641Baker Chron., Hen. I, an. 1104 (1660) 43 To do a favour to the Queen, that was his God-daughter, he [etc.]. 1776Mrs. Delany Lett. Ser. ii. II. 203 Mrs. Anne Foley called on me yesterday with my little god-daughter. 1880R. Broughton Sec. Th. II. iii. viii. 251 ‘Sophia is your god-daughter’, she says abruptly. |