Usually means: Person legally adopted by others.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word adoptee:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. adoptee: Merriam-Webster
  2. adoptee: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. adoptee: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. adoptee: Collins English Dictionary
  5. adoptee: Vocabulary.com
  6. Adoptee, adoptee: Wordnik
  7. adoptee: Wiktionary
  8. adoptee: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. adoptee: Dictionary.com
  10. Adoptee: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. adoptee: Rhymezone
  12. adoptee: FreeDictionary.org
  13. adoptee: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. adoptee: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. adoptee: Merriam-Webster

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. adoptee: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. adoptee: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. adoptee: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Reactive Attachment Disorder (No longer online)
  2. adoptee: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Adoptee: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (adoptee)

▸ noun:  An adopted son or daughter.
▸ noun:  A person who was adopted as a child.
▸ noun:  Synonym of adopter

Similar:
adoptive father, adoptor, adopter, adoptive sibling, natural son, foster sibling, offspring, adoptive mother, birthparent, birth parent, more...

Opposite:
adopter, biological parent, birth parent

Types:
infant, toddler, child, teen, adult, more...

Phrases:
potential adoptee, more...

Adjectives:
transracial, male, korean, old, female, prospective, adolescent, young, potential, black, est

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Similar:
adoptive father, adoptor, adopter, adoptive sibling, natural son, foster sibling, offspring, adoptive mother, birthparent, birth parent, more...

Opposite:
adopter, biological parent, birth parent

Types:
infant, toddler, child, teen, adult, more...

Phrases:
potential adoptee, more...

Adjectives:
transracial, male, korean, old, female, prospective, adolescent, young, potential, black, est



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