FOSTER-MOTHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foster-mother mean? 

• FOSTER-MOTHER (noun)
  The noun FOSTER-MOTHER has 1 sense:

1. a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOSTER-MOTHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

foster-mother; foster mother

Hypernyms ("foster-mother" is a kind of...):

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)