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fosterling

fosterling noun: a foster child.

Noun

fosterling (plural fosterlings)

  1. a foster child
    • 'We know him indeed, this boy,' said Conall Cernach, 'and we know him none the worse that he is a fosterling of ours.1904, Unknown, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge)

fosterling meaning in Tamil

fosterling in Tamil

வளர்ப்புக் குழந்தை, வளர்ப்புப்பிள்ளை

Forms of fosterling

pluralfosterlings

Origin of fosterling

From Middle English fosterling, from Old English fōstorling, equivalent to foster + -ling.

Questions about fosterling

What does fosterling mean?
Fosterling means a foster child.
What is fosterling in Tamil?
Fosterling in Tamil is வளர்ப்புக் குழந்தை, வளர்ப்புப்பிள்ளை. See Fosterling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fosterling?
Fosterling is a noun.
What is the plural of fosterling?
The plural of fosterling is fosterlings.

Words near fosterling in the dictionary

  1. fostering
  2. fostering up
  3. fosteringly
  4. fosterings
  5. Fosterisation
  6. fosterling
  7. fosterlings
  8. fosterment
  9. fostermother
  10. fostermothers
  11. fosters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fosterling (page history and authors); fosterling (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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