WordNet
n. a man who is a foster parent
Usage examples of "foster-father".
Our foster-father, The reverend Hilding, with his silver-beard, Stood forth and spoke in words of wisdom full, Short apothegms, as keen as sharpened swords.
You were speaking of the Champs Elysees just now, worthy foster-father.
Our foster-father, The reverend Hilding, with his silver-beard, Stood forth and spoke in words of wisdom full, Short apothegms, as keen as sharpened swords.
It was rather comforting to feel the easy familiarity of her companionship with Ivor Davidson, her mentor and practically her foster-father.
Nay, this power so little belongs to the father by any peculiar right of Nature, but only as he is guardian of his children, that when he quits his care of them he loses his power over them, which goes along with their nourishment and education, to which it is inseparably annexed, and belongs as much to the foster-father of an exposed child as to the natural father of another.