- orphan
- /orfan/Any person (but particularly a minor or infant) who has lost both (or, sometimes, one) of his or her parents
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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orphan — or·phan n: a child deprived by death of one or usu. both parents; broadly: a child without a parent or guardian Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. orphan … Law dictionary
orphan — [ôr′fən] n. [LL(Ec) orphanus < Gr orphanos < IE base * orbho , orphan > L orbus, bereft, Ger erbe, inheritance, arbeit, work, Czech robotnik, serf] a child whose father and mother are dead: sometimes applied to a child who has lost only… … English World dictionary
Orphan — Or phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Orphaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Orphaning}.] To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
orphan — ► NOUN ▪ a child whose parents are dead. ► VERB (usu. be orphaned) ▪ make an orphan. ORIGIN from Greek orphanos bereaved … English terms dictionary
Orphan — Or phan, a. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Orphan — Or phan, n. [L. orphanus, Gr. ?, akin to L. orbus. Cf. {Orb} a blank window.] A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. [1913 Webster] {Orphans court} (Law), a court in some of the States… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Orphan — [engl.], Schusterjunge … Universal-Lexikon
orphan — [n] child without parents foundling, ragamuffin*, stray, waif; concept 414 … New thesaurus
Orphan — For other uses, see Orphan (disambiguation). Orphans by Thomas Kennington An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός[1]) is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents … Wikipedia
Orphan — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Orphan – Das Waisenkind Originaltitel Orphan … Deutsch Wikipedia
orphan — {{11}}orphan (n.) c.1300, from L.L. orphanus parentless child (Cf. O.Fr. orfeno, It. orfano), from Gk. orphanos orphaned, lit. deprived, from orphos bereft, from PIE *orbho bereft of father, also deprived of free status, from root *orbh to change … Etymology dictionary
