GODCHILD (godchildren)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: godchildren   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does godchild mean? 

• GODCHILD (noun)
  The noun GODCHILD has 1 sense:

1. an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism

  Familiarity information: GODCHILD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GODCHILD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("godchild" is a kind of...):

babe; baby; infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "godchild"):

goddaughter (a female godchild)

godson (a male godchild)

 Context examples 

What does that matter, said the cat, it is no worse than Crumb-stealer, as your godchildren are called.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)