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Fosterfathernoun
One who gives food in the place of the father.
Etymology: fosterfader, Saxon.
In Ireland fosterchildren do love and are beloved of their fosterfathers, and their sept, more than of their own natural parents and kindred. John Davies, on Ireland.
The duke of Bretagne having been an host and a kind of parent or fosterfather to the king, in his tenderness of age and weakness of fortune, did look for aid this time from king Henry. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Tyrrheus, the fosterfather of the beast,
Then clench’d a hatchet in his horny fist. John Dryden, Æn.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fosterfather in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fosterfather in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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