fairy godmother

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fairy godmother

noun fairy godmothers · faerie godmother

  1. 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 Charming's fairy godmother.
  2. broadly Any generous benefactor. How lucky you are to have me for a friend! I am a fairy godmother to you!

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noun benevolent magical female

Españolhada madrina
日本語フェアリー・ゴッドマザー fearī goddomazā
Portuguêsfada-madrinha
Françaisfée marraine, bonne fée
Deutschgute Fee
Italianofata madrina
Русскийдо́брая фе́я dóbraja féja, фе́я-крёстная féja-krjóstnaja
Tiếng Việttiên đỡ đầu

noun generous benefactor

Españolbenefactor
日本語恩人 onjin
中文恩人 ēnrén, 救星 jiùxīng
Portuguêsbenfeitor, filantropo
Françaisdonateur
DeutschWohltäter
Italianomadrina, benefattore, benefattrice
Русскийпокрови́тельница pokrovítelʹnica
Tiếng Việtân nhân, cứu tinh

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@misc{fairy_godmother_2026,
  title = {fairy godmother},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fairy%20godmother},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}