"foster mother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foster mothers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foster mother (plural foster mothers)
  1. A female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care. Categories (topical): Female family members, Parents Synonyms: fostermother Related terms: foster brother, foster care, foster child, foster family, foster father, foster home, foster parent, foster sister Translations (an adult female who cares for a foster child): mendeshë [feminine] (Albanian), 養母 (Chinese Mandarin), 养母 (yǎngmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), pleegmoeder [feminine] (Dutch), nutropatrino (Esperanto), mère adoptive [feminine] (French), Pflegemutter [feminine] (German), Ziehmutter [feminine] (German), Nährmutter [feminine, obsolete] (German), μητριά (mitriá) [feminine] (Greek), ψυχομάνα (psychomána) [feminine] (Greek), nevelőanya (Hungarian), fogadott anya (Hungarian), buime [feminine] (Irish), máthair altrama [feminine] (Irish), vicemadre [feminine] (Italian), 養母 (yōbo) (alt: ようぼ) (Japanese), 수양어멍 (suyang'eomeong) (Jeju), 수양어머니 (suyang'eomeoni) (Korean), altrix [feminine] (Latin), whaea whāngai (Maori), приёмная мать (prijómnaja matʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ina-inahan (Tagalog), jikälan (Volapük)

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      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
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      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "máthair altrama"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
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      "word": "vicemadre"
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      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "養母"
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      "lang": "Jeju",
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      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "수양어멍"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "suyang'eomeoni",
      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
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      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
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      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "whaea whāngai"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijómnaja matʹ",
      "sense": "an adult female who cares for a foster child",
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      "word": "приёмная мать"
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      "word": "ina-inahan"
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