单词 | foster-son |
释义 | foster-sonn. One who is brought up as a son though not one by birth. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [noun] > foster-son foster-sona1450 a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2955 That fals traytor, sr Mordreid, The Kynges foster sone [Furniv. soster son] he was. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 19 O of Cœlestial Seed! O foster Son of Jove. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 82 He was called the foster-son or alumnus of Adamnan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1450 |
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