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Foster en · PROPN

Etymology

English surname, reduced from Forster; also from the noun foster.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster.
   • The Mets got that four-run cushion in the seventh when George Foster stepped in as a pinch-hitter and hit a two-run homer for the 5-1 final. 1983 June 27, Kevin Dupont, “METS GAIN SPLIT; STAUB TIES MARK”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
2. (countable, uncountable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
7. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
8. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
9. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
10. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
11. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
12. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
13. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the town of Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
14. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of other townships, including in Illinois (2), Michigan, Minnesota (1 more), Pennsylvania (3), and South Dakota, listed under Foster Township.
15. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
16. (countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
17. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A placename ▸ Ellipsis of Foster County.
    alt of Foster County

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Deriveds

Foster Kennedy syndrome · Mount Foster · pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome G. Rapids · Foster County · Foster North