foster-fathern.

Brit.

/ˈfɒstəˌfɑːðə/, U.S.

/ˈfɔstərˌfɑðər/,

/ˈfɑstərˌfɑðər/

Etymology: Old English fósterfæder , < foster n.¹ (also féster- : compare related forms under foster n.², foster v.). Compare Old Norse fóstrfaðir.

(a) One who performs the duty of a father to another's child. (b) The husband of a nurse (esp. in Ireland and the Highlands).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > foster-father

foster-fathera800

nouricea1393

nurrior1487

nursing father1535

nurse-father1564

nourish-fatherc1598

nourice-father1609

a800 Corpus Gloss. 140 Altor, fostorfaeder.

?a1000 Martyrol. (Cockayne) 62 He is ure festerfæder on Criste.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8855 & till hiss fossterr faderr ec He wass buhsumm. & milde.

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 169 Gij a forster fader hadde, Þat him lerd & him radde.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke ii. f. 37 The chylde..beeyng vnder the guydyng of his mother, and his foster-father.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 47 The Duke of Britaine hauing beene..a kind of Parent or Foster-father to the King.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶5 Florio lived at the House of his Foster-father.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ii. 14 He motioned his child's foster-father to the door.

figurative.1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 161 Esay..promiseth that kinges shalbe fosterfathers of y^e Chirch.a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iii. 47 Epicureans (who are not the true, but foster-fathers of that Natural Philosophy they brag of).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foster-father
释义	foster-fathern. Brit. /ˈfɒstəˌfɑːðə/, U.S. /ˈfɔstərˌfɑðər/, /ˈfɑstərˌfɑðər/ Etymology: Old English fósterfæder , < foster n.¹ (also féster- : compare related forms under foster n.², foster v.). Compare Old Norse fóstrfaðir. (a) One who performs the duty of a father to another's child. (b) The husband of a nurse (esp. in Ireland and the Highlands). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > foster-father foster-fathera800 nouricea1393 nurrior1487 nursing father1535 nurse-father1564 nourish-fatherc1598 nourice-father1609 a800 Corpus Gloss. 140 Altor, fostorfaeder. ?a1000 Martyrol. (Cockayne) 62 He is ure festerfæder on Criste. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8855 & till hiss fossterr faderr ec He wass buhsumm. & milde. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 169 Gij a forster fader hadde, Þat him lerd & him radde. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke ii. f. 37 The chylde..beeyng vnder the guydyng of his mother, and his foster-father. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 47 The Duke of Britaine hauing beene..a kind of Parent or Foster-father to the King. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶5 Florio lived at the House of his Foster-father. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ii. 14 He motioned his child's foster-father to the door. figurative.1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 161 Esay..promiseth that kinges shalbe fosterfathers of y^e Chirch.a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iii. 47 Epicureans (who are not the true, but foster-fathers of that Natural Philosophy they brag of). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a800
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