fatherless

[fah-ther-lis]

fa·ther·less

[fah-ther-lis]
adjective
1.
not having a living father: a fatherless boy.
2.
not having a known or legally responsible father.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English faderles, Old English fæderlēas. See father, -less
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fatherless (ˈfɑːðəlɪs)
 
adj
having no father

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