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Noun: foster-parent
  1. A person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
    - foster parent

Derived forms: foster parents, foster-parents

Type of: defender, guardian, protector, shielder

Nearest

foster son
fosterage
foster-brother
foster-child
foster-daughter
foster-father
fostering
fosterling
foster-mother
foster-nurse
foster-parent
foster-sister
foster-son
fothergilla
Fothergilla
FOTS
Foucault
Foucault pendulum
fouetté
foul
foul ball