as in donor
one that helps another with gifts or money
when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother
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There’s no fairy godmother to be found in Blichfeldt’s telling, as both Elivra and Agnes (played by Thea Sofie Loch Næss, a more conventionally attractive Scandinavian stunner) go about their transformations in creative new ways.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Nurse Gaby Pinzon ended up stepping into the role of wedding fairy godmother, solving the laboring mom's bridal fashion emergency.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The women of the sewing circle volunteer to be her fairy godmothers to turn it into the dress of her dreams.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Alas, people have stopped believing in fairy godmothers, forcing the Motherland to transfer its workers into the Tooth Fairy realm.
—Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Nurse Gaby Pinzon ended up stepping into the role of wedding fairy godmother, solving the laboring mom's bridal fashion emergency.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The women of the sewing circle volunteer to be her fairy godmothers to turn it into the dress of her dreams.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Alas, people have stopped believing in fairy godmothers, forcing the Motherland to transfer its workers into the Tooth Fairy realm.
—Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fairy godmother
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“Fairy godmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fairy%20godmother. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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