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# fosterling

noun (fosterlings)

«fosterling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) A fosterling is a child or young animal brought up by someone who is not its own parent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fosterling/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, a foster child raised by a kind adult, or a master's pupil

### Examples

- The king raised the orphan as his fosterling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fosterling/#x1)
- His fosterling lamented that the hard art would never be mastered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fosterling/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fosterling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fosterling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fosterling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fosterling.html) on Mova free.