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foster son

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foster son1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences

Send thou to thy foster-son Harald, and bid him receive from thee the lands and fiefs which they had aforetime here in Denmark.

Then answered the King that it would be called of foul intent to betray his foster-son.

Moreover Harald Eirikson is my foster-son and hath sat on my knee.

There, too, was Thorhall Asgrim's son, and Njal's foster-son.

Torquil, whose eye never quitted his foster son, saw his emotion, and looked anxiously around to discover the cause.

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