foster-nursen.

Brit.

/ˈfɒstənəːs/, U.S.

/ˈfɔstərˌnərs/,

/ˈfɑstərˌnərs/

Etymology: < foster n.¹

A nurse who brings up another's child as her own.

ΘΚΠ

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

foster-mother?a1000

nursing mother1535

nurse-mother1579

fostress1603

foster-nurse1607

mammy1618

1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage i. B iij Your hands haue bin to me like bounties purse, Neuer shut vp, your selfe my foster-Nurse.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 245 The foster nurse first chanted the spell over the cradle.

figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 41 Fiue hundred Crownes..Which I did store to be my foster Nurse . 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 311 In the North nature is rather an awful mother than a kind foster-nurse and friend of man.

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

单词	foster-nurse
释义	foster-nursen. Brit. /ˈfɒstənəːs/, U.S. /ˈfɔstərˌnərs/, /ˈfɑstərˌnərs/ Etymology: < foster n.¹ A nurse who brings up another's child as her own. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > foster-mother foster-mother?a1000 nursing mother1535 nurse-mother1579 fostress1603 foster-nurse1607 mammy1618 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage i. B iij Your hands haue bin to me like bounties purse, Neuer shut vp, your selfe my foster-Nurse. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 245 The foster nurse first chanted the spell over the cradle. figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 41 Fiue hundred Crownes..Which I did store to be my foster Nurse . View more context for this quotation1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 311 In the North nature is rather an awful mother than a kind foster-nurse and friend of man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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