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fosterer

fosterer

4.2
A person who gives a temporary home to a child or animal
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔstərər/
translation icon : familia de acogida
  • The fosterer welcomed the child into her home, providing love and support until a permanent family could be found.

Examples

  • The fosterer's main goal was to help the children adjust to their new surroundings while they awaited adoption.

  • As a fosterer, he dedicated himself to caring for animals in need, ensuring they felt safe and secure.

  • If NASA were in a government/private partnership to do something big and impressive beyond what was ever done before, that could justify NASA as the fosterer and coordinator of that.

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Synonyms

foster parent
vsfosterer
42 3.2

A person who cares for a child instead of the child's parents without adopting them

also covers animals and stresses finding a permanent home after temporary care
foster-parent
vsfosterer
1 3.5

A person who cares for a child temporarily in their home but is not the child's legal or birth parent

also applies to animals and focuses on temporary care until permanent placement
foster-mother
vsfosterer
3.4

A woman who cares for a child who is not her own

is broader, covering both people and animals in temporary care
foster-father
vsfosterer
3.5

A man who looks after a child who is not his own

is more general and also includes temporary care for animals until placement
foster-nurse
vsfosterer
8.1

A woman who raises another woman's child as her own

is usually an official temporary caregiving role focused on finding permanent homes

How Permanent

adopter
2 4.0
guardian
347 2.8
fosterer
4.2
sitter
70 1.6

Surface Forms

fosterer singular
fosterers plural

Morphology

fosterer = foster (transparent) = foster + er

Agentive '-er' applied to 'foster' (care for a child or animal) directly yields 'one who fosters' in the caregiving sense.

Etymology

Fosterer comes from foster, an old English word that meant 'to feed' or 'raise', and the ending -er means 'one who'. So a fosterer is someone who takes care of a child or animal and helps them grow until they have a permanent home.