foster-mother
- n a woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child
- Perhaps the most wonderful German medical triumph is its maiden substitute for the unwedded or the wedded foster-mother, with which I came into contact when I was staying .
- Thereupon the impish child is accused of withering the fruit of her foster-mother's womb, and of casting a fatal ailment upon her beloved foster-father.
- They arrested his foster-mother, who said the clothespins were "a disciplinary measure.