Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who takes the place of the mother in suckling and bringing up a child; a nurse.
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- noun a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child
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Examples
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But even beyond that, it was more the people that I met later on in life that were such a great influence on me, like y foster-mother, Betsey Shirley.
Zorianna Kit: Star of Buck Speaks Out About What You Didn't See in the Film Zorianna Kit 2011
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But Rome is my foster-mother, and were I untrue to her, of little pride, of little worth would be my love for you.
Chapter 17 2010
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They were spiritual orphans then, not yet embracing, as foster-mother, the Catholic church.
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“We welcome you also, as a daughter is welcomed by her foster-mother, to the land where you received an American education,” he gushed.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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They were spiritual orphans then, not yet embracing, as foster-mother, the Catholic church.
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In Celtic mythology, the Lughnasadh festival is said to have been begun by the god Lugh, as a funeral feast and games commemorating his foster-mother, Tailtiu, who died of exhaustion after clearing the plains of Ireland for agriculture.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008
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Oh, it seems to me we have often more cause to be grateful to a foster-mother than to our own mother.
John Gabriel Borkman 2008
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Oh, it seems to me we have often more cause to be grateful to a foster-mother than to our own mother.
John Gabriel Borkman 2008
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Frances Mans, foster-mother of pupil Gweneth Mulder, said cellphones and e-mail correspondence were out of bounds during the week.
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Kepler, I think, it is who praises poverty as the foster-mother of genius; but Bernard Palissy was nearer the truth when he said: — Pauvret� emp阠he bons esprits de parvenir (poverty hinders fine minds from succeeding).
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