Godson
['gɒdsʌn]
Definition
(n.) A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.
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Examples
- Godfather and godson do credit to one another. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Elizabeth was again deep in thought, and after a time exclaimed, To treat in such a manner the godson, the friend, the favourite of his father! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- George's godson, is he? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Well done, my godson! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But he sent over endless remembrances of himself to his godson and to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was always a particular affection between my father and him, and I was his godson. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This is an opportunity for Mrs. Bagnet to inform him that the boy is George's godson. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Osborne was Sedley's godson, and had been one of the family any time these three-and-twenty years. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But his godson was much too elated to mark the worthy stockbroker's depression, or the dreary eyes which the kind old gentleman cast upon him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The little boy, your godson, is certainly a fine child, though forward, and inclined to be saucy and self-willed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I must shake hands over again with George's godson. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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