a man who looks after or brings up a child or children as a father, in place of the natural or adoptive father
Examples of 'foster father' in a sentence
foster father
Orphaned following the death of his travelling-actor parents, he became estranged from his foster father, dependent on drink and on his 13-year-old wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As her foster father says, she worries about what happens next: 'the where, who with, why and for how long'.