Definitions for foundling
ˈfaʊnd lɪŋfoundling

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foundling, abandoned infantnoun

   a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foundlingnoun

   an abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foundlingnoun

   A child exposed to chance; a child found without any parent or owner.

   Etymology: from found of find.

   We, like bastards, are laid abroad, even as foundlings, to be trained up by grief and sorrow. Philip Sidney.

   I pass the foundling by, a race unknown,
   At doors expos’d, whom matrons make their own,
   And into noble families advance
   A nameless issue; the blind work of chance. John Dryden, Juven.

   I shall mention a piece of charity which is practised by most of the nations about us: I mean a provision for foundlings, or for those children who, for want of such a provision, are exposed to the barbarity of cruel and unnatural parents. Addison.

   The goddess long had mark’d the child’s distress,
   And long had sought his suff’rings to redress;
   She prays the gods to take the foundling ’s part,
   To teach his hands some beneficial art
   Practis’d in streets. John Gay, Trivia.

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1. foundling

   A foundling is a child who has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foundlingverb

   a deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner

2. Etymology: [OE. foundling, fundling; finden to find + -ling; cf. fndling, findling. See Find, v. t., and -ling.]

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1. Foundling

   The globe from Clark's spaceship begins to give him some information regarding his past, but the globe is stolen for two kids before he can learn much. Lex Luthor buys the globe from Jack and begins to learn something about Superman, but not too much.

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1. unfolding

How to pronounce foundling?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foundling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foundling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foundling
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foundling
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foundling
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foundling
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=foundling