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GODCHILD
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Irregular inflected form: godchildren
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism
Classified under:
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)