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Meaning of adopter in English:

adopter

Pronunciation /əˈdɒptə/

noun

  • 1A person who legally takes another's child and brings it up as their own.

    • ‘misunderstandings about adoption are contributing to a serious shortage of adopters’

  • 2A person or organization that chooses to take up, follow, or use something.

    • ‘consumers have been keen adopters of some new payment technologies’