Thesaurus: orphan

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1. n. A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
2. a. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
3. v. t. To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.
4. n. a child who has lost both parents
5. n. someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
6. n. the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
7. n. a young animal without a mother
8. v. deprive of parents
9. A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent. To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.
10. A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, achild who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court insome of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estatesand persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.
11. v:3/n:97 n. a child who has lost both parents n. someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision n. the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column n. a young animal without a mother