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noun
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.
3.
a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.: The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.
adjective
5.
bereft of parents.
6.
of or for orphans: an orphan home.
7.
not authorized, supported, or funded; not part of a system; isolated; abandoned: an orphan research project.
8.
lacking a commercial sponsor, an employer, etc.: orphan workers.
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Orphaned
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verb (used with object)
9.
to deprive of parents or a parent through death: He was orphaned at the age of four.
10.
Informal. to deprive of commercial sponsorship, an employer, etc.: The recession has orphaned many experienced workers.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English (noun) < Late Latin orphanus destitute, without parents < Greek orphanós bereaved; akin to Latin orbus bereaved
1425–75; late Middle English (noun) < Late Latin orphanus destitute, without parents < Greek orphanós bereaved; akin to Latin orbus bereaved
Related forms
or·phan·hood, noun
half-or·phan, noun
un·or·phaned, adjective
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| orphaned | |
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| deprived of parents by death or desertion |
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