orphan
/ˈɔɹfən/noun, verb2 syllables
Orphan means: a child who has lost both parents.
What does orphan mean?5
noun
1
a child who has lost both parents
2
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
3
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
4
a young animal without a mother
verb
1
deprive of parents
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Orphan in a sentence
- With such parents, it's better to be an orphan.Miktsoanit
- An orphan at three, he was brought up by a distant relative.jakov
- Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.hecko
- At the end of the story, the poor orphan girl marries the king's son.Hybrid
- Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.soliloquist
- Some orphans will be adopted, but not all.LB
- The orphan was fostered by the wealthy man.unknown
- The orphan met up with his two sisters when he was five years old.CK
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Forms of orphan
as a noun
- plural
- orphans
as a verb
- past tense
- orphaned
- present participle
- orphaning
- third-person singular
- orphans
- past participle
- orphaned