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Taylor Swift's close friend, actress Jaime King, is in the midst of a massive child custody change involving her two sons, one of whom is Swift's godson.—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 Hal, her youngest, is my godson, so my kids like to call the other kids their godbrothers and sisters.—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025 Amid the release of his new cookbook, Cooking and the Crown: Royal Recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III, Tom Parker Bowles, the monarch's stepson and godson, speaks to PEOPLE about his admiration for both his stepfather and his mother, Camilla.—Simon Perry, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 That afternoon, a private, twin-engine plane landed in a rural airport outside El Paso, ferrying Zambada and his godson, Joaquín Guzmán López, a leader of los chapitos.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for godson
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of godson was
before the 12th century
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