ORPHAN
\ˈɔːfən], \ˈɔːfən], \ˈɔː_f_ə_n]\
Definitions of ORPHAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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deprive of parents
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deprived of parents by death or desertion
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a young animal without a mother
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the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
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someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
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Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
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To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.
By Oddity Software
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A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
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Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
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To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A child who has lost one or, more commonly, both parents by death.
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Being without parents, because of their death.
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To deprive of a parent or parents.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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