Definition of "Foster"

An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster  examples

A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

A placename

1. A number of places in the United States:

   1. A former settlement in San Diego County, California.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.  examples

   3. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.  examples

   4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.  examples

   5. A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.  examples

   6. A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.  examples

   7. A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.  examples

   8. An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.  examples

   9. A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.  examples

   10. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.  examples

   11. An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.  examples

2. A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.  examples

3. A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.  examples

4. Ellipsis of Foster County.  examples