- (a) fairy godmother
- someone who helps you solve your problems, usually by giving you money.
A local company acted as fairy godmother to the theatre by giving a Ј1 million donation.
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(a) fairy godmother
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fairy godmother — noun 1. a generous benefactor • Hypernyms: ↑benefactor, ↑helper 2. a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine • Hypernyms: ↑fairy, ↑faery, ↑faerie, ↑fay, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fairy godmother — noun a) 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 Charmings fairy … Wiktionary
fairy godmother — {n.} 1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another. * /The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them./ * /Jane was a fairy godmother to … Dictionary of American idioms
fairy godmother — {n.} 1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another. * /The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them./ * /Jane was a fairy godmother to … Dictionary of American idioms
