What does orphan mean?
Definitions for orphan
ˈɔr fənor·phan
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word orphan.
Princeton's WordNet
orphannoun
a child who has lost both parents
orphannoun
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
orphannoun
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
orphanverb
a young animal without a mother
orphanverb
deprive of parents
Wiktionary
orphannoun
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphannoun
A young animal with no mother.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphannoun
Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphannoun
A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphannoun
Any unreferenced abstract object.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphanverb
To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphanverb
To make unavailable, as by unlinking the last remaining pointer to.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphanadjective
Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
She is an orphan child.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
orphanadjective
Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.
Etymology: From orphanus, from ὀρφανός, from Hórbʰo-. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ, Latin orbus, Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe), ierfa. More at erf.
Freebase
Orphan
An orphan is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant. If she has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition. Adults can also be referred to as orphans, or adult orphans. However, survivors who reached adulthood before their parents died are normally not called orphans. It is a term generally reserved for children whose parents have died while they are too young to support themselves.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Orphan
or′fan, n. a child bereft of father or mother, or of both.—adj. bereft of parents.—v.t. to bereave of parents.—ns. Or′phanage, the state of being an orphan: a house for orphans; Or′phan-asy′lum; Or′phanhood, Or′phanism; Orphanot′rophy, the supporting of orphans. [Gr. orphanos, akin to L. orbus, bereaved.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
orphan
[Unix] A process whose parent has died; one inherited by init(1). Compare zombie.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of orphan in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of orphan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of orphan in a Sentence
It can no longer be dismissed as an orphan aircraft (as) we have heard from our competitors. It is there, it has customers and customers will draw customers.
History is an orphan. It can speak, but cannot hear. It can give, but cannot take. Its wounds and tragedies can be read and known, but cannot be avoided or cured.
We wanted to offer an alternative to killing orphan bear cubs that got attached to human civilization.
(The graduates of orphan schools) volunteered to work in major worksites for socialist construction out of their will to glorify their youth in the struggle for the prosperity of the country, they finished their school courses under the warm care of the mother Party.
A parentless child, is an orphan growing wildlife without nurture, guidance, and insecured like a rootless dying flower in vase.
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- يتيمArabic
- sirotekCzech
- forældreløseDanish
- WaiseGerman
- orphelinFrench
- dílleachtaIrish
- अनाथHindi
- árvaHungarian
- anak yatimIndonesian
- orfanoItalian
- יתוםHebrew
- ಅನಾಥKannada
- pupilliLatin
- weesDutch
- foreldreløsNorwegian
- sierotaPolish
- órfãoPortuguese
- orfanRomanian
- сиротаRussian
- foräldralosSwedish
- அனாதைTamil
- అనాధTelugu
- เด็กกำพร้าThai
- yetimTurkish
- یتیمUrdu
- mồ côiVietnamese
- 孤儿Chinese
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