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FOSTER FATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foster father mean?
• FOSTER FATHER (noun)
The noun FOSTER FATHER has 1 sense:
1. a man who is a foster parent
Familiarity information: FOSTER FATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who is a foster parent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
foster-father; foster father
Hypernyms ("foster father" is a kind of...):
father figure; father surrogate (a man who takes over all the functions of the real father)
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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