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My aunt and uncle are also my godparents.
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Over the years, the pair have expressed appreciation for each other as friends, mentors, godparents and business partners for their mezcal company, Dos Hombres.
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 25 June 2025
This spinoff of the Nickelodeon series from the early 2000s features 10-year-old Hazel Wells and her discovery that there are actual fairy godparents living next door.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 12 June 2025
The godparent tradition is absent in Bengali culture; all the same, like Linnet, I was raised not only by my mother and father but by other adults, members of their social circle, who exerted their influences on me.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
On June 12, the Royal House of Sweden confirmed that Princess Estelle, 13, is one of the godparents for Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia's new baby daughter, Princess Ines.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 12 June 2025
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 25 June 2025
This spinoff of the Nickelodeon series from the early 2000s features 10-year-old Hazel Wells and her discovery that there are actual fairy godparents living next door.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 12 June 2025
The godparent tradition is absent in Bengali culture; all the same, like Linnet, I was raised not only by my mother and father but by other adults, members of their social circle, who exerted their influences on me.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
On June 12, the Royal House of Sweden confirmed that Princess Estelle, 13, is one of the godparents for Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia's new baby daughter, Princess Ines.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 12 June 2025
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“Godparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godparent. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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godparent
noun
god·par·ent
-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a sponsor at baptism
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