orphan
v. make into an orphan, cause to become orphan n. child whose parents are dead | ||||
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Orphans Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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orphan
Noun
1. a child who has lost both parents
(hypernym) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
2. someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
3. the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
(hypernym) line
4. a young animal without a mother
(hypernym) young, offspring
Verb
1. deprive of parents
(hypernym) deprive, strip, divest
(derivation) orphanage, orphanhood
Adjective
1. deprived of parents by death or desertion
(synonym) orphaned
(similar) unparented, parentless
Noun
1. a child who has lost both parents
(hypernym) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
2. someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
3. the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
(hypernym) line
4. a young animal without a mother
(hypernym) young, offspring
Verb
1. deprive of parents
(hypernym) deprive, strip, divest
(derivation) orphanage, orphanhood
Adjective
1. deprived of parents by death or desertion
(synonym) orphaned
(similar) unparented, parentless
Orphans Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Orphans
(Lam. 5:3), i.e., desolate and without protectors. The word occurs only here. In John 14:18 the word there rendered "comfortless" (R.V., "desolate;" marg., "orphans") properly means "orphans." The same Greek word is rendered "fatherless" in James 1:27.
(Lam. 5:3), i.e., desolate and without protectors. The word occurs only here. In John 14:18 the word there rendered "comfortless" (R.V., "desolate;" marg., "orphans") properly means "orphans." The same Greek word is rendered "fatherless" in James 1:27.
Orphans Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Orphan
An orphan (from the Greek ορφανός) is a person (typically a child), who has lost both parents, often through death. One legal definition used in the USA is someone bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents" [1]. Common usage limits the term to children, (or the young of animals) who have lost both parents. On this basis half-orphans are those with one surviving parent.
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