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fadder

“fadder” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. godfather (witness at a child’s Christian baptism)
  2. author or creator, an originator (responsible for a specific area)

Etymology

From Middle Low German vadder, originally gevadder, itself a calque of Latin compater.

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