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a backup parent's promise, made over a baby who agreed to nothing.
means A boy whose godparents pledged, usually at his baptism, to oversee his spiritual upbringing.
from From Old English, where 'god' (the deity) was joined to 'sunu' (son) to mark a kinship not of blood but of the church font — the same logic that gives us godfather, godmother, and godchild. The 'god-' prefix here signals a bond forged in religious sponsorship rather than birth, a usage Old English shared with related Germanic tongues.
- old job
- originally a faith mentor, not a gift dispenser
- mob favorite
- The Godfather made it sound dangerously formal
- royal pile
- some princes rack up dozens of godchildren
- two parents
- often paired with a godmother for balance
- legal void
- carries no actual custody rights at all
for instance
prince william — godson of king charles iii, christened 1982
prince george — godson of prince harry, christened 2013