Foster

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

• Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)

Foster (countable and uncountable, plural Fosters)

1. An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
      2. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
      3. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
      4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
      5. A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
      6. A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
      7. A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
      8. An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
      9. A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
      10. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
      11. An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
   2. A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
   3. A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
   4. Ellipsis of Foster County.

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