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Adoptee

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An adopted son or daughter.
  2. 2
    someone (such as a child) who has been adopted wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who was adopted as a child.

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

  4. 4
    Synonym of adopter.

Etymology

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

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