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foster daughter

American  

noun

  1. a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.


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Their own daughter is in her teens and Hana calls their foster daughter "the missing piece to the puzzle within our family".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

She also has a 16-year-old foster daughter she took in with her husband in 2016 from the occupied town of Horlivka, where hostilities with Russian-backed separatists began, years before the 2022 invasion.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2023

She used to babysit his kids about 10 years ago, including his foster daughter, Charlene Juan.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Sigo’s foster daughter, Cordero, is now 21 years old and a student at Pacific Lutheran University, and recently, she’s been stressed, Sigo said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022

The rest of the people were our new foster family—Karen and Kirk Brackebusch, and their children Kyle, Christopher, and Kara, and another foster daughter, the Lost Girl whose name was Teresa.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau