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or·phan
(ôr′fən)n.
1.
a. A child whose parents are dead.
b. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.
2. A young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.
3. One that lacks support, supervision, or care: A lack of corporate interest has made the subsidiary an orphan.
4. A technology or product that has not been developed or marketed, especially on account of being commercially unprofitable.
5. Printing A very short line of type at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page.
adj.
1. Deprived of parents.
2. Intended for orphans: an orphan home.
3. Lacking support, supervision, or care.
4. Being a technology or product that is an orphan.
tr.v. or·phaned, or·phan·ing, or·phans
To deprive (a child or young animal) of a parent or parents.
[Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos, orphaned; see orbh- in Indo-European roots.]
or′phan·hood′ n.
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orphan
(ˈɔːfən)n
1.
a. a child, one or (more commonly) both of whose parents are dead
b. (as modifier): an orphan child.
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the first line of a paragraph separated from the rest of the paragraph by occurring at the foot of a page
vb
(tr) to deprive of one or both parents
[C15: from Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos; compare Latin orbus bereaved]
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or•phan
(ˈɔr fən)n.
1. a child who has lost both parents or, less commonly, one parent through death.
2. a young animal that is without its mother.
3. a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.
4. (esp. in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a printed page. Compare widow (def. 3b).
adj. 5. bereft of parents.
6. of or for orphans.
v.t. 7. to cause to become an orphan.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin orphanus destitute, without parents < Greek orphanós bereaved; akin to Latin orbus bereaved]
or′phan•hood`, n.
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orphan
Past participle: orphaned
Gerund: orphaning
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| Noun | 1. |  orphan - a child who has lost both parents |
| 2. | orphan - someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision | |
| 3. | orphan - the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" | |
| 4. | orphan - a young animal without a mother | |
| Verb | 1. | orphan - deprive of parents |
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Translations
يَتيميَتِيمٌ
сирак
sirotek
forældreløsforældreløst barn
یتیم
orpo
siročesirotan
árva
anak yatim
munaîarleysingi
孤児
고아
orbaorbus
našlaičių prieglauda
bārenis
sirotaosirelý
sirota
föräldralöst barn
ลูกกำพร้า
сирота
trẻ mồ côi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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orphan
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
orphan
(ˈoːfən) noun a child who has lost both parents (rarely only one parent). That little girl is an orphan; (also adjective) an orphan child.
ˈorphanage (-nidʒ) noun a home for orphans.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
orphan
→ يَتِيمٌ sirotek forældreløs Waisenkind ορφανό huérfano orpo orphelin siroče orfano 孤児 고아 wees foreldreløst barn sierota órfão сирота föräldralöst barn ลูกกำพร้า kimsesiz trẻ mồ côi 孤儿Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
or·phan
n. huérfano-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
orphan
n huérfano -na mfEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.