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Foster-parent   /fˈɑstər-pˈɛrənt/   Listen
Foster-parent

noun
1.
A person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child.  Synonym: foster parent.





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... to see an exhibition of skill as to see their own side win. The spectators, as they cheer, are moved by a tribal spirit. If we do not belong to a cricketing county we may go so far as to adopt one as a foster-parent in order that we may exercise our tribal instincts in being elated by its success or cast down by its failure. Local national politics give us many opportunities of exercising our tribal instincts. In politics ...
— Nationality and Race from an Anthropologist's Point of View • Arthur Keith


Words linked to "Foster-parent" :   protector, shielder, foster-father, guardian, foster father, defender, foster-mother, foster mother


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