foster child
nounEtymology Inherited from Old English fōstorċild.
1
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.1959 December, John Alves, “Resorts for Railfans - 29: Oxford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 596:
- Related terms
- foster care, foster daughter, foster family, foster father, foster home, foster mother, foster parent, foster sib, foster sibling, foster son