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Webster 1913 Edition

Goddaughter

God′daughˊter

,

Noun.

[AS.

goddohtor

.]

A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

Webster 1828 Edition

Goddaughter

GOD'DAUGHTER

,

Noun.

[god and daughter.] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. [See Godfather.]

Definition 2024

goddaughter

goddaughter

English

Noun

goddaughter ‎(plural goddaughters)

A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Translations

A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Catalan: fillola (ca) f
Danish: guddatter
Esperanto: baptofilino
Finnish: kummitytär
French: filleule (fr)
Greek: αναδεχτή (el) f ‎(anadechtí), αναδεξιμιά (el) f ‎(anadeximiá), βαφτισιμιά (el) f ‎(vaftisimiá)
Hungarian: keresztlány (hu)
Ido: baptofiliino
Latvian: krustmeita
Norman: filieuthe f (Jersey)

Portuguese: afilhada (pt) f
Romanian: fină (ro) f
Russian: крёстная дочь f ‎(krjóstnaja dočʹ), кре́стница (ru) f ‎(kréstnica)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-dalta-baistidh f, daltag f
Slovak: krstná dcéra f
Spanish: ahijada (es) f
Swedish: guddotter c
Volapük: jispönäb

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