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English
Etymology
From Middle English fosterling, from Old English fōstorling, equivalent to foster + -ling.
Noun
fosterling (plural fosterlings)
- a foster child
1904, Unknown, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge):'We know him indeed, this boy,' said Conall Cernach, 'and we know him none the worse that he is a fosterling of ours.
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