or·phan
or·phan/ˈôrf(ə)n/
noun
- a child whose parents are dead."he was left an orphan as a small boy"
- the first line of a paragraph set as the last line of a page or column, considered undesirable.
verb
make (a person or animal) an orphan.
"John was orphaned at 12"
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1. a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents; He became an orphan when his parents died in a car accident.
a child whose parents are dead: The civil war is making orphans of many children. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples a child who has no parents.
An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, ...
noun · a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent. · a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother. · a ...
An orphan is someone who has lost both parents. Usually, we think of sad little children when we think of orphans, but anyone whose parents have both died ...
1. a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent 2. a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother.
noun plural orphans [count] : a child whose parents are dead He was left an orphan [=he became an orphan] when his parents died in a car accident.
Aug 12, 2020 · UNICEF and its global partners define an orphan as “a child under 18 years of age who has lost one or both parents to any cause of death.”
An orphan is a child whose parents have died. The term is sometimes used to describe any person whose parents have died, though this is less common.
/ˈɔːrfn/ a child whose parents are dead. He was an orphan and lived with his uncle. orphan boys/girls. a poor little orphan Topics Life stagesc1, Family and ...