2. Verb. (third-person singular of orphan) ¹
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Definition of Orphans
1. orphan [v] - See also: orphan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orphans
Literary usage of Orphans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Romans apparently did not provide for widows and orphans. ... Men should have
a fear of the loneliness of orphans and of the souls of their departed ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Romans apparently did not provide for widows and orphans. ... Men should have
a fear of the loneliness of orphans and of the souls of their departed ..."
3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1917)
"were married in the age period 18 to 40 and left 42 orphans under 12 years of ape.
Of the females, 36 were married in the same age period as above and left ..."
4. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1917)
"tuberculosis deaths, 43 were married in the age period 18 to 40 and left 86
orphans under 12 years of age. Of the females, 60 were married in the same age ..."
5. Hand-book of the State of Georgia: Accompanied by a Geological Map of the State by Thomas P. Janes, Georgia Dept. of Agriculture (1876)
"This is a Home for orphans of the State of Georgia, located 2^- miles north of
... The average number of orphans in the Institution is 25, receiving and ..."
6. American Red Cross Work Among the French People by Fisher Ames (1921)
"At first the care of the eighteen thousand orphans to which the Red Cross had
then fallen heir was placed in the hands of the Children's Bureau, ..."
7. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"It was at fii-st attempted to place the children in families, as is still done
in some of the institutions for orphans in the German States, but the number ..."
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