English Explanatory Dictionary

godfatherlike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mafia leader; implacable, having understated power, etc.

Word forms

godfatherlike more godfatherlike most godfatherlike

Etymology

From godfather + -like, referring to Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather (1969) and subsequent films about a Sicilian Mafia family.

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