Foster

Definitions

1. A foster parent.
   countable, informal
2. An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster.
   countable, uncountable
3. A forester.
   obsolete
4. The care given to another; guardianship.
   uncountable
5. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   countable, uncountable
6. A placename
   countable, uncountable
7. A number of places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
8. A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
   countable, uncountable
9. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
   countable, uncountable
10. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
11. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
12. A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
    countable, uncountable
13. A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
    countable, uncountable
14. A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
    countable, uncountable
15. An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
    countable, uncountable
16. A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
    countable, uncountable
17. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
18. An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
    countable, uncountable
19. A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
    countable, uncountable
20. A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
    countable, uncountable
21. Ellipsis of Foster County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Some fosters end⟳ up adopting.”

“A griesly Foster forth did rush⟳.”

“The Mets got that four-run cushion in the seventh when George Foster stepped in as a pinch-hitter and hit a two-run homer for the 5-1 final.”

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