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godsister en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English godsuster, equivalent to god- + sister.

Meanings

  1. The daughter or goddaughter of one's godparent, or the goddaughter of one's parent.
    • Let's go back to the thirteen-year-old girl introduced in Chapter 8 who found out her godsister was her half sister. 2005, Diane Ehrensaft, Mommies, daddies, donors, surrogates:
    • Before she met the man who became and remains her pimp, she was selling drugs with her godsister; he was one of their clients. 2007, Cynthia Cole Robinson, From the classroom to the corner:
    • What seemed a promising turn in their relationship was dashed when he began introducing her to his friends as his godsister. 2009 August 23, Katie Zezima, “Leah Squires and Eric Traub”, in New York Times:
    • "Mother, are you going to take her in as your goddaughter? I'm going to have a godsister? " 2020, Ruan Bao, Deep Affection of You and Me: Volume 1, Funstory, →ISBN:

Forms

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godsisters Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

godbrother

Hypernyms

godsibling