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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

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of orphan

as a noun

plural
orphans

as a verb

past tense
orphaned
present participle
orphaning
third-person singular
orphans
past participle
orphaned