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

Foster (countable and uncountable, plural Fosters)

An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster.
- 1983 June 27, Kevin Dupont, “METS GAIN SPLIT; STAUB TIES MARK”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
  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.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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.