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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024or•phan /ˈɔrfən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a child who has lost both parents or, less commonly, one parent through death.
- Printingthe first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a printed page.
adj. [before a noun] - having lost his or her parents:an orphan child.
- of or for orphans.
v. [~ + object] - to cause to become an orphan.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024or•phan (ôr′fən),USA pronunciation n. - a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother.
- a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.:The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.
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- Printing(esp. in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a page.
- Printingwidow (def. 3b).
adj. - bereft of parents.
- of or for orphans:an orphan home.
- not authorized, supported, or funded;
not part of a system;
isolated;
abandoned:an orphan research project. - lacking a commercial sponsor, an employer, etc.:orphan workers.
v.t. - to deprive of parents or a parent through death:He was orphaned at the age of four.
- Informal Termsto deprive of commercial sponsorship, an employer, etc.:The recession has orphaned many experienced workers.
- Greek orphanós bereaved; akin to Latin orbus bereaved
- Late Latin orphanus destitute, without parents
- late Middle English (noun, nominal) 1425–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: orphan /ˈɔːfən/ n - a child, one or (more commonly) both of whose parents are dead
- (as modifier): an orphan child
vb - (transitive) to deprive of one or both parents
Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos; compare Latin orbus bereaved |