orphan

[Or·phan]

An orphan is someone who has lost both parents. Usually, we think of sad little children when we think of orphans, but anyone whose parents have both died is an orphan.

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A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

Noun
a young animal without a mother

Noun
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

Noun
a child who has lost both parents

Noun
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

Verb
deprive of parents

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Adjective S.
deprived of parents by death or desertion

n.
A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

a.
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

v. t.
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.

Orphan

Or"phan , n. [L. orphanus, Gr. , akin to L. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.] 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.

Orphan

Or"phan, a. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

Orphan

Or"phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.] To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.

A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.

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Usage Examples

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.