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Definition of Motherless
1. Adjective. Having no living or known mother.
Definition of Motherless
1. a. Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
Definition of Motherless
1. Adjective. Without a living mother. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Motherless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Motherless
Literary usage of Motherless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Family Circle: Its Affections and Pleasures by Hiram Atwill Graves (1844)
"THE motherless. MRS. SIGOURNEY. You 'RE \veary, precious ones ! your eyes Are
wandering far and wide ; Think ye of her, who knew so well Your tender ..."
2. Wool-gathering by Gail Hamilton (1867)
"Aged Party in Train. — motherless Baby in Train. — Treatise on the Inalienability
of motherless Babies. — A Woman bringing a Man to Time. ..."
3. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1756)
"... tiltil mother church on Mid-lent Sunday, and to make their offering! at the
high altar. motherless (of ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... usually applied to trees. Here to a stag, or rather to a man, jocularly compared
to я stag : sleep'd seven il.iys in change o!'motherless rose-water. ..."
5. Child Life: A Collection of Poems edited by John Greenleaf Whittier (1873)
"... THE motherless TURKEYS. THE White Turkey was dead ! The White Turkey was dead !
How the news through the barn-yard went flying ! Of a mother bereft, ..."
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