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fatherless

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fa⋅ther⋅less

  [fah-ther-lis]
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–adjective
1. not having a living father: a fatherless boy.
2. not having a known or legally responsible father.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME faderles, OE fæderlēas. See father, -less
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fa·ther·less   (fä'thər-lĭs)   
adj.  

  1. Having no living father.

  2. Having no known father.

fa'ther·less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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