Meaning

noun United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

verb promote the growth of

verb bring up under fosterage; of children

originFrom Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”). Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0