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Definition of Fosterer
1. n. One who, or that which, fosters.
Definition of Fosterer
1. Noun. One who fosters; one who is somehow designated to care for and nurture someone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fosterer
1. one that fosters [n -S] - See also: fosters
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fosterer
Literary usage of Fosterer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rest and pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and by John Hilton (1891)
"LECTURE I. The Influence of Natural Therapeutics—Rest the Chief Natural
Therapeutic—Object of Pain—Rest the fosterer of Repair—Rest Necessary for the ..."
2. Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner by Charles Edwards Lester (1874)
"... fosterer of Justice ! Justice, on account of thy most pure life Among the
base; Humanity, in that she never was a stranger to Thee. ..."
3. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"to feed ; to nurse ; to cause animals to copulate ; to parry or fend off a thrust
or blow; a fosterer, a nurse, a feeder. Hawaiian— hanai, to feed or ..."
4. Character of lord Bacon: His Life and Work by Thomas Martin (1835)
"In conversation, he was no dashing man, but ever a counte- nancer and fosterer
of another man's parts; neither was he one that would appropriate the speech ..."
5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1860)
"Not till I assist you to the settee," replied the fosterer ; "let me help you up."
" First let me read the letter," replied Eman. ..."
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