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单词 foster-sister
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foster-sistern.

Brit. /ˈfɒstəˌsɪstə/, U.S. /ˈfɔstərˌsɪstər/, /ˈfɑstərˌsɪstər/
Etymology: < foster n.1 In Old English *fóstersweoster (Lye). Compare Old Norse fóstrsystir.
A female child nursed at the same breast as, or reared together with, another of different parentage.
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foster-sister1649
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar 37 Scipio Asiaticus..pardoned them at the request of his Foster-sister.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xx. 44 [Dolly] had ever since been the humble friend of Miss Haredale, whose foster-sister she was.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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