(godmother)

  • 41fairy godmother — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fairy godmother : singular fairy godmother plural fairy godmothers a) a woman in traditional children s stories who has magic powers and helps people b) a woman who likes helping people …

    English dictionary

  • 42fairy godmother —    A kind fairy godmother is already a feature of the story of *Tom Thumb in 1621, but the later familiarity with such a figure depends on two fairytales, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, which reached England from France late in the 18th century …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 43fairy godmother — noun 1. a generous benefactor • Hypernyms: ↑benefactor, ↑helper 2. a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine • Hypernyms: ↑fairy, ↑faery, ↑faerie, ↑fay, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 44fairy godmother — n 1.) a woman with magic powers who saves someone from trouble, in a story 2.) someone who helps people when they are in trouble …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 45fairy godmother — noun count a woman in traditional children s stories who has magic powers and helps people a. a woman who likes helping people …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 46(a) fairy godmother — someone who helps you solve your problems, usually by giving you money. A local company acted as fairy godmother to the theatre by giving a Ј1 million donation …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 47fairy godmother — ► NOUN ▪ a female character in fairy stories who brings unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine …

    English terms dictionary

  • 48horse godmother — horse godmother, British Dialect. a big, coarse, masculine woman …

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  • 49fairy godmother — noun Date: 1839 a generous friend or benefactor …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 50fairy godmother — Synonyms and related words: Maecenas, Santa Claus, almoner, almsgiver, ancestral spirits, angel, assignor, attendant godling, awarder, backer, bestower, cheerful giver, conferrer, consignor, contributor, control, daemon, demon, donator, donor,… …

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