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foster son ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a boy raised like one’s own son, though not such by birth or adoption.
Origin of foster son late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50 Examples from the Web for foster son Historical Examples of foster son
“I am Paris, the foster-son of Agelaus the herdsman,” he answered.
Elsie Finnimore Buckley
Then it was not your foster-son’s admiration of Cicero that caused his death?
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870
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If he does not teach him his handicraft, that foster-son may return to the house of his father.
George A. Barton
Heidreker was afterwards in Russia, and the son of the king was his foster-son.
Thomas Keightley
Biorn’s foster-son is worth speaking about; what have you done with him?
Ottilie A. Liljencrantz