Sponsor Definition

spŏnsər
sponsored, sponsoring, sponsors
noun
sponsors
A person or agency that undertakes certain responsibilities in connection with some other person or some group or activity, as in being a proponent, endorser, advisor, underwriter, surety, etc.
Webster's New World
A godfather or godmother; person who answers for a child, as at baptism, making the profession of faith and the promises prescribed.
Webster's New World
One who vouches for the suitability of a candidate for admission, as to an organization.
American Heritage
In some Christian denominations, a person who acts as patron for someone being confirmed.
Webster's New World
A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill.
American Heritage
verb
sponsored, sponsoring, sponsors
To act as sponsor for.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sponsor

Noun

Singular:
sponsor
Plural:
sponsors

Origin of Sponsor

  • Late Latin spōnsor sponsor in baptism from Latin surety from spōnsus past participle of spondēre to pledge spend- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sponsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism"), from sponsus, past participle of spondeō

    From Wiktionary

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