fosterling

English

Etymology

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

Noun

fosterling (plural fosterlings)

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

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