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Meanings of adopted child in English

Russian
приёмный сын
Portuguese
filho adotivo
Spanish
hija adoptada
Catalan
fill o filla adoptiva
f. adopted daughter

Person who has become the parents' child through the legal process of adoption.

      Related terms
      приёмный сын
      Usage of adopted child in English
      1
      I am going to adopt Agnes; I call her my adopted child.
      A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls
      2
      I was not their own daughter, he stated, but an adopted child.
      The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and S...
      3
      She was happy, very happy, always taken up with her adopted child.
      Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
      4
      Brand take her dear adopted child to see some of the pictures?
      Sunrise
      5
      As an adopted child, Evanne knows she is one of the lucky ones.
      Independent.ie
      6
      We saw at this place the adopted child of Helen Gould.
      A Journey Through France in War Time
      7
      This is now the adopted child, not of one, but of all denominations.
      Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire
      8
      Kathryn Adie is the adopted child of a Sunderland pharmacist and his wife.
      The Guardian
      9
      She was happy, very happy, always occupied with her adopted child.
      Original Short Stories — Volume 08
      10
      He has been fed and cared for as the adopted child of the Commune.
      The Country Doctor
      11
      All my sympathies attached themselves to the sad little figure of the adopted child.
      The Legacy of Cain
      12
      The difference between a real and an adopted child would not readily be known.
      Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851
      13
      She loved the child as only an Indian woman can love an adopted child.
      The Moccasin Maker
      14
      I know, as well as you do, that Philip has married the adopted child.
      The Legacy of Cain
      15
      She had stalwart sons of her own, but no daughters except this adopted child.
      Man-Size
      16
      Or, if the parent through whom they are claiming ancestry is an adopted child.
      The South African
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