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god·father (gäd′fä′t̸hər)

noun

  1. a male godparent
  2. a man who acts as an advisor or mentor to someone
  3. ☆
    1. Informal the head of a Mafia family or syndicate
    2. Slang any person having much influence or authority in some area

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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