What is the name meaning of FOSTER. Phrases containing FOSTER
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Fosterer of Light
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian, Telugu
Foster Mother of Lord Sri Venkateshwara
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One who Fosters the Poor
Surname or Lastname
English
English : reduced form of Forster.English : nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fÅstre, a derivative of fÅstrian ‘to nourish or rear’).Jewish : probably an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as Forster.This name was brought to North America by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Thomas Foster (1640–79) is buried in the old burial ground in Cambridge, MA. John Foster, born 1648 in Dorchester, MA, was the earliest wood engraver in America.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : regional name for someone who had migrated from the North (i.e. further north in England, or from Scotland or Scandinavia), from Old French nor(r)eis ‘northerner’.English, Scottish, and Irish : topographic name for someone who lived in a house on the north side of a settlement or estate, from Middle English north ‘north’ + hous ‘house’.English, Scottish, and Irish : occupational name for a wet-nurse or foster mother, from Old French nurice, norrice (Latin nutrix, genitive nutricis).
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French American English Latin
Woods; forest.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Fosterer of Life
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Arthurian Legend
Foster father of Arthur.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, which could have derived from any of the following: 1) Middle English foster, FOSTER means "foster-parent," 2) forster, meaning "forester," 3) forster, meaning "shearer," or 4) fuyster, meaning "saddle-tree maker."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Gentle, Patient (Foster mother of prophet Muhammad (SAW))
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Heart Fosterer
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Sikh
Love for war, Fostered in war
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : origin uncertain; perhaps a nickname for a foster parent, from Middle English foden ‘to nurse or nourish’.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Fostered by Gods
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil
Famous; Successful; Foster Mother of Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Fosterer of the People
Girl/Female
Indian
Gentle, Patient (Foster mother of prophet Muhammad (SAW))
Boy/Male
Hindu
Fostered by God
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Tamil
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Fostered by God
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Foster father of Arthur.
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v. t.
To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
v. t.
To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
v. t.
To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.
n.
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
v. t.
To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
n.
One who, or that which, fosters.
v. t.
To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
imp. & p. p.
of Foster
v. t.
To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
n.
The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
v. t.
To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
n.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
n.
A foster child.
n.
The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Foster
v. t.
To place in a pasture; to foster.
v. t.
To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
v. t.
To nourish; to cherish; to foster