ETYM AS. godfaeder. Related to Gossip.
1. Any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism.
2. Someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild.

ETYM Latin, from spondere, sponsum, to engage one's self. Related to Spose.
1. One who offers sponsorship to another.
2. One who, at the baptism of an infant, guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.