Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Fosterage

Fos′ter-age

(?; 48)

,

Noun.

The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fosterage

FOS'TERAGE

,

Noun.

The charge of nursing.

Definition 2024

fosterage

fosterage

English

Noun

fosterage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fosterages)

An act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
A condition of being the foster child.
Promoting or encouragement given by act or word.

Translations

an act of fostering

Faroese: fostur n
Irish: daltachas m, altram m, altramas m, altramú m
Old Irish: daltus m, daltacht f

Manx: doltaghys m
Romanian: adoptivitate f, creșterea unui copil adoptiv, tutelă (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: daltachd f

being a foster child

French: fosterage m
Irish: daltachas m
Old Irish: daltus m

Anagrams

forestage