FOSTER FATHER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who is a foster parent

Synonyms:

foster-father; foster father

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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