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		Definition of adoptive parent in English: adoptive parentnoun A person who adopts a child and brings it up as their own.  her adoptive parents died 10 years ago  Example sentencesExamples -  Under the new law, a right similar to maternity leave is available to adoptive parents.
 -  All three sons were given new names by their adoptive parents.
 -  In 1985, he moved with his adoptive parents to live in Gloucestershire.
 -  He moved with his adoptive parents, three sisters and a brother to the US.
 -  Three years later, she and her partner were the proud adoptive parents to a son of their own.
 -  Both her parents and her adoptive parents are dead.
 -  We have previously tried to contact the adoptive parents with no success.
 -  Find out if you could make a very positive contribution to a child's life by becoming an adoptive parent.
 -  Foster carers do have to pass the same type of stringent controls that adoptive parents experience.
 -  I'm an adoptive parent, and I know how hard it is for children who have been abandoned by their parents.
 
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