fosterling
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English fosterling, from Old English fōstorling, equivalent to foster + -ling.
Noun
editfosterling (plural fosterlings)
- a foster child
- 1904, Unknown, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge)[1]:
- 'We know him indeed, this boy,' said Conall Cernach, 'and we know him none the worse that he is a fosterling of ours.
Translations
editfoster child — see foster child