fosterling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fosterling
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōstorling. See foster, -ling 1
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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
Of Jorunn Bjorn's daughterAt this time Norway was ruled by Hakon, Athelstan's fosterling.
From Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic by Muriel A.C. Press
Men treat thee sorely, Samm my fosterling: Even by death thou warnest—but it is meant That our two deaths will not be far apart.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Gordon Bottomley
"Content you," Menelaus said, "I wait Upon thy word, thou fosterling of Zeus."
From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Shivering in her dressing-gown she went down to our unhappy fosterling, who lay stiff and straight, with head thrust forward and legs stretched back, apparently in articulo mortis.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates
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