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Webster 1913 Edition

Sponsor

Spon′sor

(-sẽr)
,
Noun.
[L., from
spondere
,
sponsum
, to engage one’s self. See
Spouse
.]
1.
One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.
2.
One who at the baptism of an infant professes the Christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sponsor

SPONSOR

,
Noun.
[L.] A surety; one who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default. In the church, the sponsors in baptism are sureties for the education of the child baptized.

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