Defenition of the word orphan
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Defenition of the word orphan
- A person one or both of whose parents have died, especially a minor.
- a child who has lost both parents
- deprive of parents
- deprived of parents by death or desertion
- a young animal without a mother
- the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
- someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
Synonyms for the word orphan
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- orphaned
- soul
- stray
- thing
- urchin
- waifs and strays
Similar words in the orphan
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- orphan
- orphan's
- orphanage
- orphanage's
- orphanages
- orphaned
- orphaning
- orphans
- parentless
- unparented
Hypernyms for the word orphan
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- child
- deprive
- dispossess
- divest
- fry
- human
- individual
- kid
- line
- minor
- mortal
- nestling
- nipper
- offspring
- person
- shaver
- small fry
- somebody
- someone
- soul
- strip
- tiddler
- tike
- tyke
- young
- youngster
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