fosterling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English fosterling, from Old English fōstorling, equivalent to foster + -ling.

Bill and Ling led the nervous mare through the group of pipe-smoking, friendly lumbermen, and Varian hugged his fosterling's son. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
For know ye, that I am a fosterling of Domna the witch, and she taught me more than ever she taught you. — King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls, Henry Gilbert
"Would you know Black Colin if you were to see him?" the beggar asked meaningly; and she replied: "I think I should, for though he has been away for years, I nursed him, and he is my own dear fosterling." — Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race, M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt

foster-child, foster child

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