foster child

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foster child

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Inherited from Old English fōstorċild.

noun foster children

A child in foster care; a child in one's foster care, in relation to oneself. 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.

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noun child in foster care

Español	niño en acogimiento, niño en adopción temporánea, niño adoptado temporáneamente, hijo adoptivo temporáneo
中文	養子 /养子 yǎngzǐ, 養女 /养女 yǎngnǚ, 被收養人 /被收养人 bèishōuyǎngrén
Français	enfant adoptif, enfant adoptive
Deutsch	Pflegekind
Italiano	figlio adottivo
Română	copil adoptiv
Русский	приёмный ребёнок prijómnyj rebjónok, приёмыш prijómyš

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@misc{foster_child_2026,
  title = {foster child},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foster%20child},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}