Definition of Godfather

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Definition of Godfather
	Godfather A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. Related Definitions: Act, And, As, At, Baptism, Care, Child, Christian, For, Fostering, Godfather, Himself, Instruction, Man, One, Sponsor, Surety, Take, To, Training, Under, Who

Godfather Quotations

It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.
Francis Ford Coppola

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.
Francis Ford Coppola

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.
Russell Baker

In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.
Kevin J. Anderson

Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident.
Bill Sienkiewicz

Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now.
Simon Pegg

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance.
Laurence Housman

I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of violence in it but I could take it because I thought there was a reality to it. It wasn't gratuitous, it was just these guys' story.
Bobby Farrelly

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
William H. Macy

There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art.
Danny Aiello

Godfather Translations

godfather in Dutch is peetvader, naamgever, peter, peet
godfather in French is parrain
godfather in German is Pate, Taufpate
godfather in Hungarian is keresztapa
godfather in Italian is padrino
godfather in Norwegian is gudfar
godfather in Spanish is apadrinar
godfather in Swedish is fadder

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