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

Word History and Origins

Origin of foster father¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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