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foster-mother

NOUN
  1. a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child

How To Use foster-mother In A Sentence

  • Duchess of Hereward adopted little Marie Perdue; "perdue" no longer, but the cherished pet of a fond foster-mother. The Lost Lady of Lone
  • I was mad enough at Helena to let him rage, which was rather mean, because I could see Ric’s every accusing word flayed the foster-mother inside the scientist. Silver Zombie
  • The wise foster-mother would set all right again by some merry quip, some gleesome turn, some one of those playful gleams of humour which furnish a key to the secret of successful work among the young. God's Answers A Record of Miss Annie Macpherson's Work at the Home of Industry, Spitalfields, London, and in Canada
  • The destruction of the foster-mother takes place by the mutual interlacement of the roots, which descending irregularly, form at first a strong net-work, subsequently becoming a cylindric binding, in the strongest possible way to the trunk, and preventing all lateral distinction. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
  • Having been reproached by his foster-mother, whom he dearly loved, Dermot mustered hosts and multitudes to invade Connacht.
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