godmother
Example Sentences
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It belonged to Jean's godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir's, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.
From Barron's
Redux is a fairy godmother to up-and-coming artists.
From Washington Post
To her fellow snowboarders, Jacobellis’s Olympic coronation was a delirious celebration for the godmother of the sport.
From Washington Post
My adoptive mother told the tree story to my godmother, who later told me, but the story is incomplete and so typical of my childhood in Korea.
From Los Angeles Times
Paltrow, the godmother of the celebrity divorce announcement, reflected on her personal flash point in an essay for Vogue.
From Washington Post
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