fosterling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fosterling
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōstorling. See foster, -ling 1
Example Sentences
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"Your father listened, I have no doubt. But in the end, he decided for himself. Bran, will you let me tell you about a dream Jojen dreamed of you and your fosterling brothers?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
But she laid her down peaceably within call of her dear fosterling, muttering as her head fell back: Here at any rate it is over-soon; let us get out of the mountains first.
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
Oh! my fosterling, O my Prince whom I nursed at these withered breasts, are you come back from the dead to take your own again?
From The Virgin of the Sun by Henry Rider Haggard
And Finn was in his hunting seat, and his fosterling, brown-haired Duibhruinn, beside him.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
Nay, do not go, Telemachus, my fosterling, but stay in your own house and in your own well-beloved country.'
From The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy by Willy Pogany
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