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Meanings of foster child in English

Russian
приёмный сын
Spanish
niño bajo curatela
Catalan
nen acollit

Child raised by someone who is not their natural or adoptive parent.

Related terms
приёмный сын
Catalan
fill adoptiu
Spanish
hijo adoptivo

A child who is raised by foster parents.

fill adoptiu
Usage of foster child in English
1
We find out his backstory as a foster child and Vietnam vet.
Ebony
2
Was he talking about her life in Nevada, as a foster child?
Hide and Seek
3
I felt like a foster child and not treated like their kid.
Radio NZ
4
Perhaps this foster child of your power will do the same for you.
Proven guilty
5
A Samoan family asks why they can't permanently care for their Pakeha foster child.
Radio NZ
6
Linda directs her to her foster child's old bedroom, rather than the bathroom, upstairs.
The new yorker
7
Or was he the foster child of some wild beast?
The hunchback assignments
8
London - Adoption agencies yesterday condemned the latest virtual reality toy - a foster child.
The Irish Times
9
For them, however, it's all worth it when their foster child smiles back at them.
The Irish Times
10
We exist to make sure every foster child in our program graduates from high school.
Ebony
11
It said that "Wednesdays and Thursdays are the child support and foster child grants".
The South African
12
Another thing pleased and interested the doctor-itwas Margaret Dornham's passionate love for her foster child.
Wife in Name Only
13
She and her husband adopted a foster child, Dana, from a mother who was mentally handicapped.
Reuters
14
Wednesday and Thursday, 7-8 October: Child support grants and foster child grants.
The South African
15
He himself (Oengus) with his foster child escaped safely.
The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore
16
With her background and her record, I could not imagine anybody giving Scary Mary a foster child.
God don't like ugly