(n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.
(v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(2) Tour begins 22 November, NIA, Birmingham, thenia.co.uk Black Sabbath Still without original drummer Bill Ward, but with their first US No 1 album (the Rick Rubin-produced 13), the undisputed godfathers of metal play a handful of UK shows.
(3) Bin Laden, who was 54 when he died, also had a copy of The America I Have Seen, a vitriolic memoir of a short trip to the US by the Egyptian thinker and activist Syed Qutb , considered the godfather of modern jihadi thinking and hanged in 1966.
(4) It's this unsettling montage of re-enactment, confessional and political exposé that grabbed the attention of doco-godfathers Werner Herzog and Errol Morris – both executive producers – as well as awestruck critics the world over.
(5) "So I know there has been all this stuff about me being godfather of one of his children.
(6) In 2010, weeks before the general election at which Murdoch's papers did their best to drive Labour from office, Blair secretly became godfather to one of Deng and Murdoch's daughters.
(7) Or take The Godfather: remember when Tom Hagen explains to Michael Corleone why they can't kill McCluskey?
(8) Job: founder and chairman, Brunswick Group Age: 54 Industry: public relations Staff: 470 Worth: £90m 2009 ranking: 82 Alan Parker is the godfather of modern financial public relations .
(9) A bit like Godfather II, only with mom's apple pie for tea.
(10) · He edited American Graffiti, The Conversation, The Godfather parts I to III, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley and many more.
(11) Clarke was his godfather and cousin, and he had been devastated at the loss.
(12) GSK's commitment to stop paying doctors comes five months after it was accused of behaving like a criminal godfather in China, bribing doctors with cash and prostitutes in return for prescribing its drugs.
(13) On the journey there, I tune into an AM broadcast from a famed Mamou Establishment called Fred's Lounge, known for its Saturday morning Cajun dances, before arriving at the Last Farewell to Luke Collins, a DJ and the self-styled 'godfather of zydeco'.
(14) We value diversity, self-expression and experimentation above all else.” “The liberation of LGBTQ+ people is wired into the original components of electronic music culture and personally embodied in the deep, lifelong friendship between our godmother (and trans icon), Wendy Carlos and our godfather, Bob Moog,” Black Madonna said.
(15) Ed Miliband's recent appointee to the House of Lords, Lord Glasman, is considered the "intellectual godfather" of the Labour party.
(16) To appease Real Madrid, Uefa sent the refereeing godfather, Pierluigi Collina, to oversee the performance of Franck De Bleeckere, the Belgian official picked out by Mourinho as one of the five who had delivered major decisions against his teams.
(17) He is godfather to a future king, and now owns a large chunk of the most exclusive parts of London.
(18) Last year, tapes of Bongo’s conversations with Michel Tomi, a controversial Corsican businessman known as the “last of the Godfathers” were leaked to the French investigative website Mediapart.
(19) She has been one of the key organisers for the protests and direct action against the arms fair in London; Martin Hogbin is the godfather of her son.
(20) The gang's expansion plans were hatched when Kenichi Shinoda replaced Yoshinori Watanabe as the gang's godfather in a peaceful handover of power in July 2005, making him Japan's top yakuza don.
Vang
Definition:
(n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
Example Sentences:
(1) I believe deeply that a president will be elected by this parliament but we have to be ready for every possibility,” said Vangelis Meimarakis, president of the House and a member of the governing centre right New Democracy party.
(2) The national parliament sent the message that it had to send to Europe ,” said Vangelis Meimarakis, the interim leader of the conservative main opposition New Democracy party.
(3) His sister, remarkably jovial, wears black for their younger brother Vangelis, who died of nobody will say exactly what two years ago next month, aged 52.
(4) Despite his past, Teasdale sees few – if any – connections between the scene and the Vangelis-like waves of synths, hip-hop-inspired beat patterns and classical flourishes of Severant.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Syriza’s Alexis Tsipras, and Vangelis Meimarakis, leader of the centre-right New Democracy at a Greek state TV debate.
(6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vangelis Meimarakis, leader of the New Democracy party.
(7) As the scale of the victory became clear, the conservative leader, Vangelis Meimarakis conceded defeat.
(8) More dated now than its hard-boiled lustre is the movie’s equal and opposite involvement in modish early 80s dreams; the soundtrack by Vangelis was up-to-the-minute, while the replicants dress like extras in a Billy Idol video, a post-punk, synth-pop costume party.
(9) There’s no real point voting.” Anti-austerity Syriza leader and outgoing premier Alexis Tsipras, who resigned this summer after accepting punishing new bailout terms to ward off bankruptcy and keep Greece in the euro, and Vangelis Meimarakis, of the centre-right New Democracy, are tied in the polls .
(10) As young accountant who gave his name only as Vangelis told Helena: If you think that there are over one million unemployed at least 300000 must live in Athens but there was nowhere near that turn-out...Isn't it odd that the violence erupted just when the work stoppage (among shopowners) was about to end?
(11) Even if we achieve very little, we will know that we have held our heads high,” said Vangelis Pavlatos, an actor, in what has become a common refrain.
(12) Georgios, a welder and mechanic before becoming a bank security guard, and Vangelis, a salesman, shoe repairer and, latterly, gardener, were the breadwinners.
(13) The Greek people clearly wanted Alexis Tsipras , they had confidence in Alexis Tsipras and we have a clear, four-year mandate ahead of us,” said the Syriza MP Vangelis Apostolou.
(14) But plenty also seem willing to trust the back-to-stability image projected by New Democracy leader, Vangelis Meimarakis.
(15) Her version of Jon and Vangelis's State of Independence was covered by Chrissie Hynde.
(16) Comparing these results with those obtained in three other series reported in the published literature (WARREN [12], MOSIMANN [8], and VANG [17], showed that they were close to those obtained by VANG, as far as reduction in intrahepatic portal circulation is concerned, but rather different from those of WARREN in respect to the efficacy of portogastric separation.
(17) Starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson as British sprinters competing in the Paris Olympics of 1924, Hugh Hudson's drama won four Oscars at the 1981 Academy Awards, including best picture, best original screenplay, best costume design and best original music for Vangelis's stirring synth-fuelled score.
(18) Quite early in Greece’s crisis, Vangelis lost his job.
(19) The Saturday Rock Show boldly ignored such ephemera as punk rock, Freeman choosing to concentrate instead on hard or progressive rock stalwarts including Bachmann Turner Overdrive, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Vangelis and Yes.
(20) The marriages contracted between 1600 and 1850 in the parishes Vang and Slidre in the mountain valley of Valdres in Norway were investigated, using the information in the genealogical and local history of the parishes and in various public archives.