Noun: foster child
| Singular | foster child |
| Plural | foster children |
Sample Sentences
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Another hopeful broad-gauge prospect was the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. It was fostered by the Great Western but the authority of the parent over its foster-child rapidly disappeared. [1959 December, John Alves, “Resorts for Railfans - 29: Oxford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 596:]
Nouns inflected like foster child
subchild,
great grandchild,
natural child,
great-great-grandchild,
merchild,
boychild,
iPad child,
spirit child,
flower child,
paternal grandchild,
lovechild,
schoolchild,
snowflake child,
home child,
moonchild,
pretermitted child,
single child,
only child,
foster child,
anarchild, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fōstorċild.