Meanings
plural fairy godmothers · alternative faerie godmother
- 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.
- broadlyAny generous benefactor.
How lucky you are to have me for a friend! I am a fairy godmother to you!
2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 1951 more example
"Yeah, well, just remember, Maureen, you're not her fairy godmother. You can't wave your magic wand and fix her fucked-up life."
2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.53
Translations
Catalan fada protectora
- fada protectorabenevolent magical female
Chinese Mandarin 恩人, 救星
- 恩人 (ēnrén)generous benefactor
- 救星 (jiùxīng)generous benefactor
Czech dobrá víla
- dobrá vílabenevolent magical female
Dutch goede fee, weldoenster
- goede feebenevolent magical female
- weldoenstergenerous benefactor
Esperanto feina baptopatrino
- feina baptopatrinobenevolent magical female
Estonian haldjast ristiema
- haldjast ristiemabenevolent magical female
Finnish hyvä haltiatar, hyvä haltiatar
- hyvä haltiatarbenevolent magical female
- hyvä haltiatargenerous benefactor
French fée marraine, bonne fée
- fée marrainebenevolent magical female
- bonne féebenevolent magical female
- donateurgenerous benefactor
German gute Fee, Wohltäter
- gute Feebenevolent magical female
- Wohltätergenerous benefactor
Hungarian jó tündér, jótevő
- jó tündérbenevolent magical female
- jótevőgenerous benefactor
Italian fata madrina, madrina
- fata madrinabenevolent magical female
- madrinagenerous benefactor
- benefattoregenerous benefactor
- benefattricegenerous benefactor
Japanese フェアリー・ゴッドマザー, 恩人
- フェアリー・ゴッドマザー (fearī goddomazā)benevolent magical female
- 恩人 (onjin)generous benefactor
Polish dobra wróżka
- dobra wróżkabenevolent magical female
Portuguese fada-madrinha, benfeitor
- fada-madrinhabenevolent magical female
- benfeitorgenerous benefactor
- filantropogenerous benefactor
Russian до́брая фе́я, фе́я-крёстная
- до́брая фе́я (dóbraja féja)benevolent magical female
- фе́я-крёстная (féja-krjóstnaja)benevolent magical female
- покрови́тельница (pokrovítelʹnica)generous benefactor
Spanish hada madrina, benefactor
- hada madrinabenevolent magical female
- benefactorgenerous benefactor
Swedish god fe, välgörare
- god febenevolent magical female
- välgöraregenerous benefactor
Vietnamese tiên đỡ đầu, ân nhân
- tiên đỡ đầubenevolent magical female
- ân nhângenerous benefactor
- cứu tinhgenerous benefactor
Cite this entry
fairy godmother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fairy%20godmother
“fairy godmother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fairy%20godmother. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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