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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)
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| Definition of 'orphan' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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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
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| Definitions of 'orphan' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. orphan
[Unix] A process whose parent has died; one inherited by
init(1).
Compare zombie.
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Sense: a child who has lost both parents (rarely only one parent)
That little girl is an orphan; (
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 Afrikaans: weeskind |
 Arabic: يَتيم |
 Bulgarian: сирак |
 Brazilian: órfão |
 Czech: sirotek; osiřelý |
 German: die Waise, Waisen-... |
 Danish: (en) forældreløs |
 Greek: ορφανός |
 Spanish: huérfano |
 Estonian: orb |
 Farsi: یتیم |
 Finnish: orpo |
 French: orphelin/-ine |
 Hebrew: יָתוֹם |
 Hindi: अनाथ |
 Croatian: siroče |
 Hungarian: árva |
 Indonesian: yatim piatu |
 Icelandic: munaðarleysingi |
 Italian: orfano |
 Japanese: 孤児 |
 Korean: 고아 |
 Lithuanian: našlaitis |
 Latvian: bārenis |
 Malay: anak yatim piatu |
 Dutch: wees |
 Norwegian: foreldreløst barn |
 Polish: sierota |
 Persian: یتیم |
 Pashto: يتيم |
 Portuguese: órfão |
 Romanian: orfan |
 Russian: сирота |
 Slovak: sirota; osirelý |
 Slovenian: sirota |
 Serbian: siroče |
 Swedish: föräldralöst barn |
 Thai: เด็กกำพร้า |
 Turkish: öksüz, yetim |
 Taiwanese: 孤兒 |
 Ukrainian: сирота |
 Urdu: يتيم |
 Vietnamese: trẻ mồ côi |
 Chinese: 孤儿 |
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