foster
adjective/ˈfɒstə(r)/
/ˈfɑːstər/
[only before noun]- used with some nouns in connection with the fostering of a child
- a foster mother/father/family
- foster parents
- a foster child
- a foster home
- The children were placed in foster care.
Word OriginOld English fōstrian ‘feed, nourish’, from fōster ‘food, nourishment’, of Germanic origin; related to food. The sense ‘bring up another's (originally also one's own) child’ dates from Middle English.Definitions on the go
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