foster father
foster father noun: a male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
Noun
foster father (plural foster fathers)
- A male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
- Synonyms:
- nursing father
foster father meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Sanskrit and Tagalog
foster father in Tamil
- வளர்ப்புத் தந்தை
foster father in Kannada
- ಸಾಕುತಂದೆ
foster father in Sanskrit
- a foster father
- पालक pālaka
foster father in Tagalog
- adult male who cares for a foster child
- ama-amahan
More languagesFewer languages
- foster father in Malay
- bapa angkat, ayah angkat
- foster father in Indonesian
- bapak angkat, ayah angkat
Synonyms of foster father
Forms of foster father
| plural | foster fathers |
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Questions about foster father
- What does foster father mean?
- Foster father means a male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
- What is foster father in Tamil?
- Foster father in Tamil is வளர்ப்புத் தந்தை. See Foster father meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is foster father?
- Foster father is a noun.
- What is the plural of foster father?
- The plural of foster father is foster fathers.
Words near foster father in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foster father (page history and authors); foster father (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foster father (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पालक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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