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Definition of Godsons
1. godson [n] - See also: godson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Godsons
Literary usage of Godsons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"When the godsons are gone the godfathers do not consider themselves done with
... One of the godsons certainly expressed the feeling of all when he wrote: ..."
2. Hadden's Journal and Orderly Books: A Journal Kept in Canada and Upon by James Murray Hadden, Horatio Rogers, Guy Carleton Dorchester, John Burgoyne, William Phillips (1884)
"... to other godsons in succession, and finally to his right heirs.1 His legitimate
daughter married, and had a son that took the residuary interest in his ..."
3. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1848)
"The infant Saxon prince was not the only one of the queen's godsons who were
endowed with the feminine name of Anne. Among the great mass of Christian names ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1865)
"“Once seen, never to be forgotten,” was the courteous answer; “and truly, but
for the stately height of these my godsons, I would not believe how long since ..."
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