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A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

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  1. n. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
  2. n. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
  3. n. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
  4. n. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
  5. v. t. To stand sponsor to.
  6. v. i. To make merry.
  7. v. i. To prate; to chat; to talk much.
  8. v. i. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
  9. n. light informal conversation for social occasions
  10. n. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
  11. n. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
  12. v. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies