| Godfather 1. (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. 2. (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. Thesaurus Entries bailsman, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondswoman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, concubine, debt slave, galley slave, godfather, godparent, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, helot, homager, insurer, liege, liege man, liege subject, mainpernor, mortgagor, odalisque, peon, serf, servant, slave, sponsor, subject, surety, theow, thrall, underwriter, vassal, villein, warrantor |