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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 child
Familiarity information: ADOPTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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