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parrain

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nounmasculine
  1. godfather; masculine of marraine
  2. namer, christenerof a ship
  3. synonym of patron
  4. sponsor, proposer
  5. boss

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  • En attendant, comme le parrain est un second père, nous invitons le lecteur à s’en prendre à nous, et non au comte de La Fère, de son plaisir ou de son ennui.In the meantime, as the godfather is a second father, we invite the reader to take it from us, not from the Count of La Fère, of his pleasure or boredom.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • On me l’a fait épouser voilà bientôt trois ans, quoiqu’elle n’eût qu’un petit avoir, parce que m. de La Porte, le portemanteau de la reine, est son parrain et la protège…I was made to marry almost three years ago, although she only had a little thing, because m. of La Porte, the queen's coatring, is her godfather and protects her...B2Les Trois Mousquetaires

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