Noun:

ஞானப்பிதா,

godfather's Usage Examples:

He is the godfather of Matilda Rose, daughter of Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams.

He paid frequent visits to the court of his godfather the emperor Frederick II.

It is these people who cannot speak out because of the fear of the local godfathers who we must speak up for.

He sold his rights to his godfather, the priest Johannes Gratianus, who was installed under the name of Gregory VI.

went even further in his patronage, for he consented to be the godfather of the posthumous son of Alphonso XII.

Above all, when Prince Boris, the heir-apparent of the principality, was received into the Bulgarian Church on 14th February 1896, the emperor of Russia was his godfather.

Elijah, who had been his godfather in his babyhood, now paid him frequent visits, initiating him into sublime truths.

On the 1st of June he crowned Anne as queen, and on the 10th of September stood godfather to her child, the future Queen Elizabeth.

He wondered if she saw him as her fairy godfather, whisking her away from her wicked stepfather.

His grandfather, who was his godfather, trembling and afraid of dropping him, carried the infant round the battered tin font and handed him over to the godmother, Princess Mary.

Sunday, I became a proud godfather to Liam Richard Southall.

The fence is made of split chestnut, with the lower rail mortised into the ' godfathers ', and the upper rails nailed.

It must have been in his very earliest school years that the celebrated presentation of him by his godfather to Ninon de Lenclos took place, for Ninon died in 1705.

Synonyms:

patron, sponsor, supporter,

Antonyms:

boycott, nonworker,