"fairy godmother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fairy godmothers [plural]
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  1. In certain fairy tales, a fictional benevolent woman with magical powers who uses them to help the cause of the protagonist. Categories (topical): Fairy tale characters, Stock characters Synonyms: faerie godmother Related terms: fairy godfather Translations (benevolent magical female): fada protectora [feminine] (Catalan), dobrá víla (Czech), goede fee [feminine] (Dutch), feina baptopatrino (Esperanto), haldjast ristiema (Estonian), hyvä haltiatar (Finnish), fée marraine [feminine] (French), gute Fee [feminine] (German), jó tündér (Hungarian), fata madrina [feminine] (Italian), フェアリー・ゴッドマザー (fearī goddomazā) (Japanese), фея (feya) (Kyrgyz), dobra wróżka [feminine] (Polish), fada-madrinha [feminine] (Portuguese), до́брая фе́я (dóbraja féja) [feminine] (Russian), фе́я-крёстная (féja-krjóstnaja) [feminine] (Russian), hada madrina [feminine] (Spanish), god fe (Swedish), tiên đỡ đầu (Vietnamese)
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  2. (by extension) Any generous benefactor. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People Translations (generous benefactor): 恩人 (ēnrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 救星 (jiùxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), weldoenster [feminine] (Dutch), hyvä haltiatar (Finnish), donateur [masculine] (French), Wohltäter [masculine] (German), jótevő (Hungarian), madrina [feminine] (Italian), benefattore [masculine] (Italian), benefattrice [feminine] (Italian), 恩人 (onjin) (Japanese), benfeitor [masculine] (Portuguese), filantropo [masculine] (Portuguese), покрови́тельница (pokrovítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), benefactor [masculine] (Spanish), välgörare (Swedish), ân nhân (Vietnamese), cứu tinh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fairy_godmother-en-noun-X0-U7Kny Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'generous benefactor': 8 92

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      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "word": "hyvä haltiatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fée marraine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gute Fee"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "word": "jó tündér"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fata madrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fearī goddomazā",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "word": "フェアリー・ゴッドマザー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "feya",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "word": "фея"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dobra wróżka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fada-madrinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dóbraja féja",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́брая фе́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "féja-krjóstnaja",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фе́я-крёстная"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hada madrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "word": "god fe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "benevolent magical female",
      "word": "tiên đỡ đầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ēnrén",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "恩人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiùxīng",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "救星"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "weldoenster"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "hyvä haltiatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wohltäter"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "jótevő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "benefattore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "benefattrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onjin",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "恩人"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "benfeitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filantropo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokrovítelʹnica",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покрови́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "benefactor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "välgörare"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "ân nhân"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "generous benefactor",
      "word": "cứu tinh"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fairy godmother"
  ],
  "word": "fairy godmother"
}

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