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fosterling

noun

fosterling

noun

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

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.1904, Unknown, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge):

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