adoptee

noun adopt·ee \ ə-ˌdäp-ˈtē \

Updated on: 12 Apr 2018

Definition of adoptee

: one who is adopted

Recent Examples of adoptee from the Web

My team manager had told me that the Minister of Health and Welfare wanted to host me at a luncheon with fellow adoptees who were also involved in the Olympics.

— kristi eaton /, NBC News, "Post-Olympics, Korean-American adoptee athletes focus on search for birth families," 8 Mar. 2018
When Virginia, an early adoptee of advanced analytics, installed a prototype of the TrackMan video and analytical system (now used by all 30 MLB teams), Alvarez was one of the people tasked with operating it and translating its data.

— dave sheinin, chicagotribune.com, "MLB has never had a female general manager. Haley Alvarez is on track to be its first.," 8 Mar. 2018
But the child also must be a U.S. citizen, national or resident alien, and a dependent claimed on the parents’ federal tax return who’s their own legal son, daughter, stepchild, foster child or adoptee.

— tom cooney and crystal faulkner, Cincinnati.com, "Tax reform makes child credit even more valuable," 22 Feb. 2018
Those new librarian-journalists, or mid-career adoptees like New Hampshire's Sullivan, may be part of a broader, reimagined role for libraries.

— david beard, The Atlantic, "The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life," 28 Jan. 2018
Cruz, an adoptee, grew up in the affluent community of Parkland and lived on a peaceful street of upscale homes with lush, manicured lawns shaded by coconut and palm trees.

— matt pearce, latimes.com, "FBI was warned about Florida school shooting suspect 5 months ago," 16 Feb. 2018
Davenport, who was given up for adoption as a boy, went on a Washington area Facebook page set up to help adoptees find their birth parents, and a kind stranger from the community helped them in their search.

— jason duaine hahn, PEOPLE.com, "Watch: Man Finds Birth Mother and Meets Her for the First Time in 51 Years in Emotional Reunion," 2 Feb. 2018
Ethiopia’s parliament voted Tuesday to ban all foreign adoptions of Ethiopian children, citing concern over abuse and neglect of the adoptees.

— anne branigin, The Root, "Ethiopia Moves to Ban All International Adoptions After High-Profile Abuse Cases," 11 Jan. 2018
Tina underwent her embryo transfer in March, and became pregnant with the adoptee that was frozen in October 14, 1992, when Tina, who's now 26, was just a year and a half old.

— elizabeth narins, Cosmopolitan, "Baby Born from Embryo Frozen for 24 Years," 20 Dec. 2017

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