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foster parent

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noun

  1. a foster father or foster mother.


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Instead, he said he was told by Chris's former foster parent, who had been contacted when the flat was cleared.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

“These children are going to suffer the most,” Lewis, a veteran foster parent, said from her 13-year-old foster daughter’s upstairs bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

“I was shocked,” said Jason White, a foster parent to Fernandez.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

She also was a beloved foster parent, taking in nearly three dozen children and being honored with the state’s Foster Parent of the Year award in 2017.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

In the meantime, Adele was making good on her promise to become a licensed foster parent.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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