adopter

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

adopter(n = noun.person) adoptive parent - a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child; Array

is a kind of parent

Derived form verb adopt₅

adopter, n.

One who adopts. [1913 Webster]
A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters. [1913 Webster]

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