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fosterling

[faw-ster-ling, fos-ter-]

noun

foster child.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōstorling. See foster, -ling¹

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fosterling (ˈfɒstəlɪŋ)

—n
	a less common word for foster child

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