Adopter
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 one who adopts
"Google says the smartglasses are still in "beta" – prototype – form, despite being openly on sale, and that it wants early adopters to buy and use them and report back problems and suggestions so it can shape the future of the product, which is expected to eventually cost about the same as the average smartphone."
- 2 a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child wordnet
Example
More examples"Google says the smartglasses are still in "beta" – prototype – form, despite being openly on sale, and that it wants early adopters to buy and use them and report back problems and suggestions so it can shape the future of the product, which is expected to eventually cost about the same as the average smartphone."
Etymology
From adopt + -er.
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