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noun
The relationship of a godmother 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: cummer, gossip, commère
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In polygamy, a wife of one's father who is not one's mother; that is, co-wife of one's mother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: sister-wife
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noun
In polygamy, the relationship between one co-wife and another, in respect to their children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: sister-wife
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noun
In a lesbian couple, the nonbirth mother (partner of the birth mother) of a child, especially one who takes an equal role in mothering the child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: stepmother
Antonyms: none provided
History
* com- + mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère.
