To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post Godmother A man or woman who sponsors a child or adult at baptism, also called a godparent A mafia leader This term, as opposed to witness to a baptism, was used by members of the Episcopal Church, chiefly about Dundee and Aberdeen There was no fined number of godparents You can refer to a man who started or developed something such as a style of music as the godfather of that thing. the godfather of soul, James Brown. a violent US film, in which Marlon Brando appears as the leader of a powerful Mafia family, the Corleone family. Two other films, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III, were made about the same family. The film is based on a book by Mario Puzo, and was made by Francis Ford Coppola (1972) A powerful man who is at the head of a criminal organization is sometimes referred to as a godfather. the feared godfather of the Mafia A godfather is a male godparent man who sponsors a child at his baptism and promises to oversee his religious education (generally a family friend) any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism To stand godfather To pay the reckoning, godfathers being generally chosen for the sake of the present they are expected to make the child at the christening or in their wills a man or woman who sponsors a child at baptism, also called a Godparent someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild 1969 novel by Mario Puzo about an Italian mafia family; Academy Award-winning film trilogy based on the novel by Mario Puzo (directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro) plural of godfather