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 Definitions of orphan  [ˈɔr fən]  

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Definition of 'orphan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) orphan
a child who has lost both parents or, less commonly, one parent through death.

2.  orphan
a young animal that is without its mother.

3.  orphan
a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.

4.  orphan
(esp. in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a printed page.

5. (adj.) orphan
bereft of parents.

6.  orphan
of or for orphans.

7. (v.t.) orphan
to cause to become an orphan.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME < LL orphanus destitute, without parents < Gk orphanós bereaved; akin to L orbus bereaved)

Definition of 'orphan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) orphan
a child who has lost both parents

2. (noun) orphan
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

3. (noun) orphan
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

4. (verb) orphan
a young animal without a mother

5. (verb) orphan
deprive of parents


Definition of 'orphan' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) orphan
a child whose parents have died
orphans from the war

2. (verb) orphan
to become an orphan
a girl who was orphaned at the age of nine


Definitions of 'orphan' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  orphan
[Unix] A process whose parent has died; one inherited by init(1). Compare zombie.


Translation of 'orphan' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a child who has lost both parents (rarely only one parent)
That little girl is an orphan; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: weeskind Arabic flag Arabic: يَتيم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: сирак
Brazilian flag Brazilian: órfão Czech flag Czech: sirotek; osiřelý German flag German: die Waise, Waisen-...
Danish flag Danish: (en) forældreløs Greek flag Greek: ορφανός Spanish flag Spanish: huérfano
Estonian flag Estonian: orb Farsi flag Farsi: یتیم Finnish flag Finnish: orpo
French flag French: orphelin/-ine Hebrew flag Hebrew: יָתוֹם Hindi flag Hindi: अनाथ
Croatian flag Croatian: siroče Hungarian flag Hungarian: árva Indonesian flag Indonesian: yatim piatu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: munaðarleysingi Italian flag Italian: orfano Japanese flag Japanese: 孤児
Korean flag Korean: 고아 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: našlaitis Latvian flag Latvian: bārenis
Malay flag Malay: anak yatim piatu Dutch flag Dutch: wees Norwegian flag Norwegian: foreldreløst barn
Polish flag Polish: sierota Persian flag Persian: یتیم Pashto flag Pashto: يتيم
Portuguese flag Portuguese: órfão Romanian flag Romanian: orfan Russian flag Russian: сирота
Slovak flag Slovak: sirota; osirelý Slovenian flag Slovenian: sirota Serbian flag Serbian: siroče
Swedish flag Swedish: föräldralöst barn Thai flag Thai: เด็กกำพร้า Turkish flag Turkish: öksüz, yetim
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 孤兒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сирота Urdu flag Urdu: يتيم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trẻ mồ côi Chinese flag Chinese: 孤儿

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