1. godfather - Noun
2. godfather - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to him, it now appears as though the will of the people no longer prevail but rather the will of a godfather. Source: Internet
According to her, Shatta Wale whom Sister Afia claims to be her godfather, ‘ate’ her, Bisa Kdei chopped her, and Medikal also chopped her before given her verses. Source: Internet
After Neil Young played a few concerts with Pearl Jam and recorded the album Mirror Ball with them, some members of the media gave him the title "Godfather of Grunge". Source: Internet
Also speaking, Osahon Isibor, another aggrieved stakeholder in the party said the manner in which Obaseki joined the PDP has some trappings of the emergence of a godfather. Source: Internet
And of course, you can find the origin of this dialogue in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). Source: Internet
After the 1998–2006 Melbourne gangland killings which included the murder of 'Ndrangheta Godfather Frank Benvenuto. Source: Internet