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adoptee

noun
/əˌdɑpˈti/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt", equivalent to adopt + -ee.

  1. derived from adoptō
  2. derived from adopter
  3. suffixed as adoptee — “adopt + ee”

Definitions

  1. An adopted son or daughter.

  2. A person who was adopted as a child.

    • An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents.

  3. Synonym of adopter.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonadoptee

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