godsister

English

Etymology

From Middle English godsuster, equivalent to god + sister.

Noun

godsister (plural godsisters)

  1. The daughter of one's godparent.
    • 2005, Diane Ehrensaft, Mommies, daddies, donors, surrogates
      Let's go back to the thirteen-year-old girl introduced in Chapter 8 who found out her godsister was her half sister.
    • 2007, Cynthia Cole Robinson, From the classroom to the corner
      Before she met the man who became and remains her pimp, she was selling drugs with her godsister; he was one of their clients.
    • 2009 August 23, Katie Zezima, “Leah Squires and Eric Traub”, in New York Times:
      What seemed a promising turn in their relationship was dashed when he began introducing her to his friends as his godsister.

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