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单词 good-father
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good-fathern.

Brit. /ˈɡʊdfɑːðə/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdˌfɑðər/, Scottish English /ˈɡudfaθər/
Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and father n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., father n.
Etymology: < good adj. + father n. Compare Middle French beau-pere , French beau-père (mid 13th cent. in Old French as beaus peres ). Compare good-mother n., and also earlier good-brother n.
Originally and chiefly Scottish.
A father-in-law; (also) a stepfather.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > father-in-law
eldfatherc1200
father-in-lawa1382
father-law1445
good-father1488
law-father1582
law's father1593
stepfathera1640
dad-in-law1694
papa-in-law1821
pa-in-law1840
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 925 His gud-fadyr he knew rycht wondyr weyll.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 1362 He becoyme þat kyngis man, As did his gudfadyr befor þan.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 347 Ti. Quincius..create Aulus Posthumius, his gude fader, dictator.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 206 Sche commandet her gudfather [L. socerum]..to obteine the cheif roume efter her in Britannie.
1627 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 86 Sayand oppinlie That he cause[d]..punishe him and Alexander Thomsoun, his gude father.
1695 Corshill Baron-Court Bk. in Archæol. & Hist. Coll. Ayr & Wigton (1884) IV. 189 The persuer upon oath deponed that he receaved noe money..from..his goodfather.
1786 R. Burns Poems 119 Thou was my Guidfather's Meere.
1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 459/2 After my guidfather had won away..into Abraham's bosom.
1872 J. G. Michie Deeside Tales iv. 133 He would make no exception o' his intended gued-father [sic].
1947 Scots Mag. Dec. 218 I canna tak' this tae Mackay an' tell him my ain guid-feyther poachit it!
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 150/2 Good-father, father-in-law.
2000 J. Robertson Fanatic 71 I was speirin ma guidfaither aboot it earlier.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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