adoptee
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Definition of adoptee
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- An adopted son or daughter.
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noun
- An adopted son or daughter.
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A person who was adopted as a child.
“An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents.”
- Synonym of adopter.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt", equivalent to adopt + -ee.
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