Definition of Orphan

1. Verb. Deprive of parents.

Generic synonyms: Deprive, Divest, Strip
Derivative terms: Orphanage, Orphanage

2. Noun. A child who has lost both parents.

3. Noun. Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul

4. Noun. The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column.
Generic synonyms: Line

5. Noun. A young animal without a mother.
Generic synonyms: Offspring, Young

Definition of Orphan

1. n. A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

2. a. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

3. v. t. To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.

Definition of Orphan

1. Noun. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. ¹

2. Noun. A young animal with no mother. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon. ¹

4. Noun. (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page. ¹

5. Noun. (computing) Any unreferenced abstract object. ¹

6. Adjective. Deprived of parents (also (term orphaned)). ¹

7. Adjective. (by extension figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of parents (''used almost exclusively in the passive'') ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) (computing) To make unavailable, as by unlinking the last remaining pointer to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orphan

1. to deprive of both parents [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Orphan

1. See: orphan products. Origin: G. Orphanos (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orphan

orotidylic acid decarboxylase
orotidylic acid phosphorylase
orotidylic acid pyrophosphorylase
orotracheal
orotracheal intubation
orotracheal tube
orotracheally
orotund
orotundities
orotundity
orotundly
orped
orpedly
orpeko
orphaline
orphan (current term)
orphan asylum
orphan disease
orphan drug
orphan drug act
orphan drug production
orphan drugs
orphan medicine
orphan products
orphan site
orphan virus
orphan viruses
orphanage
orphanages
orphanarium

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