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FOSTER MOTHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foster mother mean? 

FOSTER MOTHER (noun)
  The noun FOSTER MOTHER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FOSTER MOTHER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOSTER MOTHER (noun)


Sense 1foster mother [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

foster mother; foster-mother

Hypernyms ("foster mother" is a kind of...):

foster parent; foster-parent (a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child)


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