[god.fa.ther] n (bef. 12c) 1: a man who sponsors a person at baptism
2: one having a relation to someone or something analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild: as a: one that founds, supports, or inspires "made him the ~ of a whole generation of rebels --Times Lit. Supp." b: the leader of an organized crime syndicate
[2]godfather vt (1780): to act as godfather to