Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child's legal parents. The child is referred to as their foster child.
Little Jack was placed with foster parents.
The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person.
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foster parent in British English
(ˈfɒstə ˈpɛərənt)
noun
an adult who fosters a child
Little Jack was placed with foster parents.
Examples of 'foster parent' in a sentence
foster parent
There will also be a recruitment drive to encourage people to become foster parents and adopters.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She said: 'We are crying out for foster parents all the time.
The Sun (2008)
The couple had to be assessed and trained again, this time as foster parents, which took four months.