fostressn.¹

Brit.

/ˈfɒstrəs/,

/fɒˈstrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈfɑstrəs/

Forms: Also 1600s fost(e)resse.

Etymology: feminine of fosterer n.: see -ess suffix¹.

A female who fosters, in the senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > foster-mother

foster-mother?a1000

nursing mother1535

nurse-mother1579

fostress1603

foster-nurse1607

mammy1618

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 161 That hope..the nurse and fostresse of old age.

1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iv. sig. G3^v Great Athens The nurse and fostresse of my infancy.

1616 B. Jonson Speeches at Prince Henries Barriers 155 in Wks. I Glorie of Knights..Come forth; your fostresse bids; who from your birth Hath bred you to this houre.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Mamme ofte Memme,..a Nurse, a Fosteresse, or a Foster-Mother.

1883 A. C. Swinburne In Guernsey in Cent. Roundels My mother sea, my fostress.

1891 A. C. Swinburne Eton: an Ode in Athenæum 30 May 700/1 With England Eton her child kept pace as a fostress of men to be.

appositively.1882 A. C. Swinburne Athens in Tristram of Lyonesse 176 Woven about the fragrant forehead of the fostress maiden's town.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† fostressn.²

Forms: In 1500s Scottish fostaress.

Etymology: < foster n.³+ -ess suffix¹.

Obsolete.

= forestress n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester

woodyera1100

forester1297

fosterc1405

fostress?1553

sylvan1589

saltuary1674

woodsman1694

green jerkin1826

wood-farmer1831

sylviculturist1887

tree farmer1942

sylviculturalist1971

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 329 in Shorter Poems (1967) 28 Syne ladyis come with lusty giltyn tressys In habit wild maist lyke till fostaressys [1579 Edinb. fostaressis].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	fostress
释义	fostressn.¹ Brit. /ˈfɒstrəs/, /fɒˈstrɛs/, U.S. /ˈfɑstrəs/ Forms: Also 1600s fost(e)resse. Etymology: feminine of fosterer n.: see -ess suffix¹. A female who fosters, in the senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > foster-mother foster-mother?a1000 nursing mother1535 nurse-mother1579 fostress1603 foster-nurse1607 mammy1618 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 161 That hope..the nurse and fostresse of old age. 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age iv. sig. G3^v Great Athens The nurse and fostresse of my infancy. 1616 B. Jonson Speeches at Prince Henries Barriers 155 in Wks. I Glorie of Knights..Come forth; your fostresse bids; who from your birth Hath bred you to this houre. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Mamme ofte Memme,..a Nurse, a Fosteresse, or a Foster-Mother. 1883 A. C. Swinburne In Guernsey in Cent. Roundels My mother sea, my fostress. 1891 A. C. Swinburne Eton: an Ode in Athenæum 30 May 700/1 With England Eton her child kept pace as a fostress of men to be. appositively.1882 A. C. Swinburne Athens in Tristram of Lyonesse 176 Woven about the fragrant forehead of the fostress maiden's town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fostressn.² Forms: In 1500s Scottish fostaress. Etymology: < foster n.³+ -ess suffix¹. Obsolete. = forestress n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester woodyera1100 forester1297 fosterc1405 fostress?1553 sylvan1589 saltuary1674 woodsman1694 green jerkin1826 wood-farmer1831 sylviculturist1887 tree farmer1942 sylviculturalist1971 ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 329 in Shorter Poems (1967) 28 Syne ladyis come with lusty giltyn tressys In habit wild maist lyke till fostaressys [1579 Edinb. fostaressis]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1603n.²?1553
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