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ADOPTEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adoptee mean?
• ADOPTEE (noun)
The noun ADOPTEE has 1 sense:
1. someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
Familiarity information: ADOPTEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("adoptee" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
adopt (take into one's family)
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