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foster father

noun

  1. a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child.


foster father

noun

  1. a man who looks after or brings up a child or children as a father, in place of the natural or adoptive father
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foster father1

before 900; Middle English; Old English
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Example Sentences

The foster-father, who was an American resident in Hong-Kong, found his eyesight gradually failing him.

I will say now that this was true, for thence forward no man lifted hand or voice against my foster father.

There was a jarl there named Franmar, who was the foster-father of Sigrlinn, and had a daughter named Alof.

On Grani rode the chief, the gold-disperser, to where my foster-father ruled o'er the dwellings.

But I dread the responsibility of being foster-father to him in our cold and uncongenial land.

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