🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

대모

Pronunciation / Transliteration: daemo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Godmother/ˈɡɒdˌmʌðər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그녀는 아이의 대모로 선택되었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A woman who sponsors a child's baptism and assumes a special relationship with the child.

    "She was chosen to be the godmother of the baby, promising to guide her through life."
  2. 2

    A woman who acts as a guardian or protector.

    "In the community, she was seen as a godmother figure, always looking out for the children."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'godmother' originates from the Old English 'gōdmodor', where 'gōd' means 'good' and 'modor' means 'mother'. Historically, it referred to a woman who sponsors a child's baptism, thus taking on a spiritual role akin to that of a mother.

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