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Definition of Foundling
1. Noun. A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown.
Definition of Foundling
1. n. A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.
Definition of Foundling
1. Noun. an abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foundling
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foundling
Literary usage of Foundling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Robert Belt (1820)
"They stated that the Foundling Hospital had been established by letters patent,
confirmed by act of parliament (IS Geo. 2. c. 29. ..."
2. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Since 1760, however, it has not been used as a foundling hospital, ... (Neither
in London nor in any other part of England are there any foundling hospitals ..."
3. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"Foundling Hospital—Mr. Hewlet—Mr. More—English preachers— A sermon of ... I have
frequently attended divine service at the chapel of the Foundling Hospital. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1867)
"Foundling Hospitals. In those ancient nations with the details of whose social
life we are acquainted, the practice of exposing newborn infants ..."
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