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Foster-Parent

nounid 59612·updated May 18, 2026
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a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
foster parentfoster-parent
alternatephrasing
Foster Parent
plural
Foster-Parents
possessive
Foster-Parent's
pluralpossessive
Foster-Parents'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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