WordNet
adoptive parent
n. a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child [syn: adopter]
Usage examples of "adoptive parent".
But at that time the old lady had been already in her sixties, too old to be approved as an adoptive parent.
Surely every adoptive parent desperately hoped to receive a mute, emotionally unstable girl with physical problems&mdash.
Therefore, after receiving some elementary preparation for the role, you will serve as adoptive parent for the first generation of colonists.
Husband to Doreen and adoptive parent to twin brother and sister, Adam and Charity, though they call you Uncle.
The thought had not crossed his mind to take on the role of adoptive parent to the boy, not until it had been mentioned earlier by Cloud.