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fosterling

noun

Etymology

From Middle English fosterling, from Old English fōstorling, equivalent to foster + -ling.

  1. inherited from fōstorling
  2. inherited from fosterling

Definitions

  1. a foster child

    • 'We know him indeed, this boy,' said Conall Cernach, 'and we know him none the worse that he is a fosterling of ours.

The neighborhood

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