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ADOPTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adopter mean? 

ADOPTER (noun)
  The noun ADOPTER has 1 sense:

1. a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own childplay

  Familiarity information: ADOPTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADOPTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adopter; adoptive parent

Hypernyms ("adopter" is a kind of...):

parent (a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)

Derivation:

adopt (take into one's family)


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