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Definition of Stephen foster
1. Noun. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864).
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Literary usage of Stephen foster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1824)
"Seeing a gay gentleman, one stephen foster, revelling at a dicing house, ...
stephen foster tías, at the opening of a play, a Brother Foster (not a ..."
2. The Fleet: Its River, Prison, and Marriages by John Ashton (1888)
"Her Riches and his Industry brought him both great Wealth and Honour, being
afterwards no less than Sir stephen foster, Lord Mayor of the Honourable City of ..."
3. Stephen Collins Foster: A Biography of America's Folk-song Composer by Harold Vincent Milligan (1920)
"... and to dispose of many of the legends and faulty reminiscences which have
flourished of late years. His collaboration with stephen foster ..."