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There are at least a couple of possible meanings for the surname "Foster":

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#1. (English) One in charge of a forest, a forest warden; a gamekeeper, a manor official.

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#2. English nickname from Middle English *foster*, meaning "foster parent" (which comes from Old English *fostre*, a derivative of Old English *fostrian*, meaning "to nourish, rear", from the word *foster*, meaning "food").

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-- Nanaea