What does motherless mean?
Definitions for motherless
moth·er·less
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word motherless.
Princeton's WordNet
motherlessadjective
having no living or known mother
Wiktionary
motherlessadjective
Without a living mother.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Motherlessadjective
Destitute of a mother; orphan of a mother.
Etymology: from mother.
I might shew you my children, whom the rigour of your justice would make complete orphans, being already motherless. Edmund Waller, Speech to the House of Commons.
My concern for the three poor motherless children obliges me to give you this advice. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.
Wikipedia
motherless
A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child. Reasons for becoming a single parent include divorce, break-up, abandonment, becoming widowed, domestic violence, rape, childbirth by a single person or single-person adoption. A single parent family is a family with children that is headed by a single parent.
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motherless
Motherless refers to someone or something that is without a mother, particularly due to her death, absence, or abandonment. This can apply to individuals from any species and may involve circumstances where the mother is uninvolved or unable to provide maternal care or support.
Webster Dictionary
Motherlessadjective
destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children
Etymology: [AS. mdorles.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of motherless in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of motherless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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