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Orphan

speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
A person, especially
, both or (rarely) one of whose
have died.
●
A person, especially
, whose
have
them.
●
A
with no mother.
●
Anything that is
, as by its
,
or
,
the supporter's
or
to abandon.
●
In Typography:
A
of type,
a
,
a
or page.
●
In Computing:
Any
object.

Adj

●
Deprived of
(also orphaned).
●
Remaining after the
of some form of support.

Verb

●
To
of
(used almost
in the passive)
●
In Computing:
To make
, as by
the last
or
to.
Sourced from
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Origin

orphan
English
arrow
orphanus
Latin
arrow
ὀρφανός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym

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