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foster mother
noun
- a woman who takes the place of a mother in raising a child.
- a nurse.
foster mother
noun
- a woman who looks after or brings up a child or children as a mother, in place of the natural or adoptive mother
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Word History and Origins
Origin of foster mother1
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Example Sentences
As he prepared to go into combat, Gutierrez had written to his foster mother.
The foster mother of one of the accusers testified about what a sweet little boy he had been.
She described her mother as a scam artist and drug addict who left her to be raised by a foster mother until the age of 12.
He credits the “Christian” influence of his foster mother, Betsy Shirley, a woman he clearly adores.
So I said to my foster-mother, "Give me the third cake on the griddle until I go after my foster-sisters."
The changeling himself in one of Lady Wilde's tales directs his foster-mother to Fairyland.
They had been constantly together for over a year, and his foster-mother had grown very much attached to him.
When he came, a spell was applied, according to the directions of his foster-mother and certain witches.
So far from teaching them to climb and build nests behind water-tanks, their foster-mother never got over her astonishment at it.
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