adoptee
Meanings
noun
- An adopted son or daughter.
- A person who was adopted as a child.
- Synonym of adopter.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt", equivalent to adopt + -ee.
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