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Definition of Orphan
1. Verb. Deprive of parents.
2. Noun. A child who has lost both parents.
3. Noun. Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision.
4. Noun. The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column.
5. Noun. A young animal without a mother.
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
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