fosterage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fosterage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fosterage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fosterage n encouragement; aiding the development of something [syn: fostering, fosterage] helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" Synonym(s): breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fosterage \Fos"ter*age\ (?; 48), n. The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing. --Sir W. Raleigh.