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Bookmark or Share- ORPHAN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionaryorphan in American English. (ˈɔrfən) noun. 1. a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent. 2. a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother. 3. a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.
- Orphan - WikipediaAn orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless". [1][2] In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan.
- ORPHAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryverb [ T usually passive ] uk / ˈɔː.f ə n / us / ˈɔːr.f ə n / to make someone an orphan: He was orphaned as a baby (= his parents died when he was a baby). The children were orphaned by the war (= their parents were killed in the war). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
- Orphan Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents. He became an orphan when his parents died in a car accident. 2. : a young animal that has lost its mother. feeding calves that are orphans. 3. : one deprived of some protection or advantage. orphans of the storm.
- Orphaned - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comIPA guide. Definitions of orphaned. adjective. deprived of parents by death or desertion. synonyms: parentless, unparented. having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates.
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