godfathers
USGOD-fah-thurz/ˈɡɑdfɑðɚz/UKGOD-fah-thuhz/ˈɡɒdfɑːðəz/
- 1Plural of godfather.
Their godfathers promised to help guide the children as they grew up.
Two rival godfathers controlled the city's smuggling routes for decades.
Note
A regular plural, made with -s and shared by every noun meaning: baptismal sponsors, the figurative founders who fostered something's growth, mafia leaders, and even the small posts used to brace a broken fence. The same spelling is also a verb form, as in she godfathers the project, because godfather can mean to act as guardian to something, usually figuratively.
godfathers is a form of godfather
godfather, noun: A man who sponsors a child at baptism, promising to help raise the child in the Christian faith. Full entry
- Forms
- godfathergodfathers plural
- Spelling
- godfather → godfathers: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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