godsister

godsister

English

Etymology

From Middle English godsuster, equivalent to god +‎ sister.

Noun

godsister (plural godsisters)

1. The daughter of one's godparent.
   • 2005, Diane Ehrensaft, Mommies, daddies, donors, surrogates

     Let's go back to the thirteen-year-old girl introduced in Chapter 8 who found out her godsister was her half sister.

   • 2007, Cynthia Cole Robinson, From the classroom to the corner

     Before she met the man who became and remains her pimp, she was selling drugs with her godsister; he was one of their clients.

   • 2009 August 23, Katie Zezima, “Leah Squires and Eric Traub”, in New York Times‎:

     What seemed a promising turn in their relationship was dashed when he began introducing her to his friends as his godsister.

Coordinate terms

• godbrother

Anagrams

• digestors, ostridges