A foster-child, nursling.
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释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > foster-child (8) fosterlingc1000 A foster-child, nursling. foster-childa1200 A child as related to persons who have reared it as their own, or (esp. in Ireland and the Highlands) to its wet nurse and her husband; a nursling. fosterc1275 One nourished or brought up; a foster-child, nursling. nurryc1330 A foster-child or nursling; a ward; a pupil. nurse-child1562 A child cared for by a nurse, esp. a wet nurse; a foster-child. Also (euphemistic): an illegitimate child. Occasionally figurative. alum1683 A foster child; a ward, protégé, charge (only in figurative use). Obsolete. rare. dalt1775 A foster-child. rearling1832 A person or animal that has been reared away from its natural parents; spec. (a) a hand-reared animal; (b) a foster child. |
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