Fosterer

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who fosters; one who is somehow designated to care for and nurture someone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, fosters.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A nurse; one who feeds and nourishes in the place of a, parent; hence, one who or that which promotes or sustains: as, a fosterer of rebellion; intemperance is a fosterer of crime.
  • Word Usage
    "Through this marriage Joseph was not a mere fosterer, nor was he an adoptive father of Jesus."
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