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		Definition of foster child in English: foster childnoun A child who has been placed in foster care.  she has cared for 13 foster children aged between three days and five years  Example sentencesExamples -  Two of the jurors with whom I served had taken in foster children.
 -  Already the mother of two girls, she had taken in an 18-month-old foster child who had previously suffered serious abuse.
 -  The court has held that family life includes the relationship between a foster parent and a foster child.
 -  She had 17 foster children over the years.
 -  Friends say the foster children are treated as members of the family, and go on holidays with them.
 -  A former foster child himself, he had been a prominent prosecutor and president of the board of the esteemed Children's Aid Society.
 -  We have four other foster children.
 -  Carers receive a weekly allowance from their fostering service, designed to cover the cost of looking after the foster child, together with additional expenses for birthdays and Christmas.
 -  She has a 16-year-old daughter plus a foster child who is 18 years old.
 -  He was a foster child who went to a missionary school, and so learned English perfectly before he could read any Japanese.
 
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