Usually means: Child cared for by guardians.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word foster child:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. foster child: Merriam-Webster
  2. foster child: Collins English Dictionary
  3. foster-child, foster child: Vocabulary.com
  4. foster-child: Wordnik
  5. foster child: Wiktionary
  6. foster child: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. foster-child, foster child: Dictionary.com
  8. Foster Child, Foster child: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. foster-child: Rhymezone
  10. foster-child: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. foster-child, foster child: FreeDictionary.org
  12. foster-child, foster child: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. foster-child, foster child: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. foster child: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. foster child: Legal dictionary
  4. Foster Child: Financial dictionary

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  1. Foster child: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (foster child)

▸ noun:  A child in foster care; a child in one's foster care, in relation to oneself.

Similar:
fosterling, foster sibling, foster parent, fosterhood, fosterage, foster mother, foster, foster family, foster father, foster care, more...

Opposite:
biological child, natural child, birth child

Types:
Adopted, Kinship, Foster-to-Adopt, Relative, Court-Ordered, more...

Adjectives:
foster, old-womanish, daddy, anile, dear, ex, major, spousal, ould, old, matronly

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Similar:
fosterling, foster sibling, foster parent, fosterhood, fosterage, foster mother, foster, foster family, foster father, foster care, more...

Opposite:
biological child, natural child, birth child

Types:
Adopted, Kinship, Foster-to-Adopt, Relative, Court-Ordered, more...

Adjectives:
foster, old-womanish, daddy, anile, dear, ex, major, spousal, ould, old, matronly



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