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orphan
[awr-fuhn]
noun
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother.
a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc..
The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.
Printing.
(especially in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a page.
adjective
bereft of parents.
of or for orphans.
an orphan home.
not authorized, supported, or funded; not part of a system; isolated; abandoned.
an orphan research project.
lacking a commercial sponsor, an employer, etc..
orphan workers.
verb (used with object)
to deprive of parents or a parent through death.
He was orphaned at the age of four.
Informal.to deprive of commercial sponsorship, an employer, etc..
The recession has orphaned many experienced workers.
orphan
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
a child, one or (more commonly) both of whose parents are dead
( as modifier )
an orphan child
printing the first line of a paragraph separated from the rest of the paragraph by occurring at the foot of a page
verb
(tr) to deprive of one or both parents
Other 51Թ Forms
- orphanhood noun
- half-orphan noun
- unorphaned adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of orphan1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of orphan1
Example Sentences
Globally and among the Arab world's powerbrokers, Sudan is no-one's priority, an orphan in a region that is ablaze.
At the end of our conversation, I asked Dreier what will become of the 19 satellites and space telescopes that would be orphaned by the proposed budget.
The widows and orphans ultimately received their settlement payments after Edelson’s insurance provider agreed to foot the cost.
As an angry orphan, Eve was taken in by Anjelica Huston’s Director, who runs a co-ed academy of fledgling mercenaries called the Ruska Roma.
Where does Will come from as an orphan who grew up in the foster care system?
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