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Aio

  1. Companion, squire. [Fernando, ch. 62] (CW)
  2. Guardian and tutor. [Fernando, chs. 65, 72] (PK)

Comadre

  1. Godmother (of one's child).
  2. Co-mother.
  3. In the Catholic Church, the godmother became a second mother whose main role was to ensure the Christian upbringing of the child, and therefore the ‘comadre’ (‘co-mother’) of the parents. For ease of reading, in the English translation of Lopes's chronicles, we have opted for this the English term ‘co-mother’.

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