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adoptee

n. 1 An adopted son or daughter. 2 A person who was adopted as a child.

WordNet
adoptee

n. someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

Usage examples of "adoptee".

Though Catholic adoption services took considerable care in the placement of children, they were not pointlessly slow and obstructive, as were public agencies, especially when the would-be adopters were solid members of the community like Hatch and Lindsey, and when the adoptee was a disabled child with no option except continued institutionalization.

It had been almost a year since he had discovered her identity with the help of an Internet search group dedicated to reuniting adoptees with their biological parents.

She did highly confidential work helping adoptees locate their birth parents, and Erin had vouched for her.

Usually it was the adoptees who came to her for help in finding their birth parents.

When the core group claimed the herds, we added adoptees from other Clans, orphans and younglings who had some problems and wanted a fresh start.

He knew that neither of them fitted the likely adoptee profile, but Ziplock had always managed to pretend that today was the day his new parents would show up.

She did highly confidential work helping adoptees locate their birth parents, and Erin had vouched for her.

Usually it was the adoptees who came to her for help in finding their birth parents.

Though Catholic adoption services took considerable care in the placement of children, they were not pointlessly slow and obstructive, as were public agencies, especially when the would-be adopters were solid members of the community like Hatch and Lindsey, and when the adoptee was a disabled child with no option except continued institutionalization.

He had met and talked extensively with many visitors and adoptees there, where he had stayed until embarking onMalolo a few days before.

The adoptee is also entitled to all this data upon request, including the legal names of the birth parents.