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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 parentplay

  Familiarity information: FOSTER FATHER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOSTER FATHER (noun)


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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