fairy godmother

fairy godmother
Synonyms and related words:
Maecenas, Santa Claus, almoner, almsgiver, ancestral spirits, angel, assignor, attendant godling, awarder, backer, bestower, cheerful giver, conferrer, consignor, contributor, control, daemon, demon, donator, donor, familiar, familiar spirit, feoffor, financer, funder, genius, genius domus, genius loci, giver, good angel, good genius, grantor, guardian, guardian angel, guardian spirit, guide, household gods, imparter, invisible helper, lady bountiful, lares and penates, lares compitales, lares familiaris, lares permarini, lares praestites, lares viales, manes, ministering angel, numen, patron, patroness, penates, philanthropist, presenter, settler, special providence, subscriber, sugar daddy, supporter, testate, testator, testatrix, totem, tutelar god, tutelary, vouchsafer

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Fairy godmother — In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. In Perrault s Cinderella , he concludes the tale with the… …   Wikipedia

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  • fairy godmother — noun a) In certain fairy tales, a fictional benevolent woman with magical powers who uses them to help the cause of the protagonist. I thought it was clever the director cast the same woman to play both the Wicked Witch and Prince Charmings fairy …   Wiktionary

  • fairy godmother — {n.} 1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another. * /The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them./ * /Jane was a fairy godmother to …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fairy godmother — {n.} 1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another. * /The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them./ * /Jane was a fairy godmother to …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fairy\ godmother — noun 1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another. The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them. Jane was a fairy godmother to her… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fairy godmother — someone who helps you solve your problems. These children, sent to school without lunch or lunch money and sometimes without shoes, were in need of a fairy godmother. If a fairy godmother offered most editors a single wish, it would probably be… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fairy godmother — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fairy godmother : singular fairy godmother plural fairy godmothers a) a woman in traditional children s stories who has magic powers and helps people b) a woman who likes helping people …   English dictionary

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