foster child

noun

Etymology

Inherited from Old English fōstorċild.

  1. inherited from fōstorċild

Definitions

  1. A child in foster care

    A child in foster care; a child in one's foster care, in relation to oneself.

    • Another hopeful broad-gauge prospect was the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. It was fostered by the Great Western but the authority of the parent over its foster-child rapidly disappeared.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foster child. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA