Foster-child
111foster father — noun An male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care …
112foster care — noun A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted …
113foster mother — noun An female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care …
114foster parent — noun An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care …
115foster — [OE] The etymological notion underlying foster is of ‘giving food’. Indeed, the Old English verb fōstrian meant ‘feed, nourish’, and it was not until the 13th century that secondary metaphorical senses, such as ‘rear a child’ and ‘encourage,… …
116foster parent — woman or man who takes the place of a biological parent in raising a child, foster mother or father …
117foster — [OE] The etymological notion underlying foster is of ‘giving food’. Indeed, the Old English verb fōstrian meant ‘feed, nourish’, and it was not until the 13th century that secondary metaphorical senses, such as ‘rear a child’ and ‘encourage,… …
118foster home — noun Date: 1886 a household in which an orphaned, neglected, or delinquent child is placed for care …
119Child refugees of the Greek Civil War — The evacuation of children, ( el. Παιδομάζωμα), is a side effect of the Greek Civil War that afflict Greek society for decates. About thirty thousand underaged children were leaving in territories controled by DSE were relocated to Eastern Bloc… …
120foster father — a man who takes the place of a father in raising a child. [bef. 900; ME; OE] * * * …
