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noun
A person in the relationship of a godfather to the other god-parents, and the legal parents, of a child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: gossip, compadre, compère
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In a male homosexual couple, the nonbiological father (partner of the biological father) of a child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: stepfather
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To co-create
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From co- + father, in sense 1 as a calque of Latin compater, French compère.
