fosterling
English
Etymology
foster + -ling
Noun
fosterling (plural fosterlings)
- a foster child
- 1904, Unknown, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge):
- 'We know him indeed, this boy,' said Conall Cernach, 'and we know him none the worse that he is a fosterling of ours.
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Translations
foster child — see foster child