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godson|ˈgɒdsʌn|
Also 5 gosson.
[f. god n. + son: cf. godfather.]
A male god-child.
a900O.E. Chron. an. 890 æþelstan, se wæs ælfredes cyninges godsunu. c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. v. [vii.] (1890) 168 Þa onfeng he him & nom æt fulwihte bæðe..him to godsuna. c1050Martyrol. in Cockayne Shrine 74 He [St. Mark] was..Petres godsunu on fulwihte. c1315Shoreham 69 Godfader wedded godsones child Fol wel. 1420E.E. Wills (1882) 45 Iohn Forster my godsonne. c1440Promp. Parv. 201/2 Godson, or gosson..filiolus. 1501Bury Wills (Camden) 83 To sr Nycholas Kyng my godson vj s. viij d. and to eche othyr of my godsonys xij d. 1776Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. Ser. ii. II. 208 He desires his love to you and blessing to his godson. a1839Praed Poems (1864) II. 216 Your godson..Was entered at Eton last May. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. ix. 426 Earl Ralph had left a son, a namesake, probably a godson of the great Earl. |