Adoptor vs. Adopter

alternative form of adopter

To take on the legal responsibilities as parent of (a child that is not one's biological child).

To become the owner or caretaker of (a pet, especially one from a shelter).

To take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent

To take up and make one's own

To move to or resettle in (a place).

To take on or assume

To vote to accept

To choose as standard or required in a course

one who adopts

One who adopts.

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.

a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child