/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Foster Brother or Sister
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One brought up by the same nurse.
A foster-child is one brought up by those who are not its real parents. (Saxon, fostrian, Danish fostrer, to nurse.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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