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Orphan : adj : deprived of parents by death or desertion [syn: orphaned]
(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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Orphan : \Or"phan\, n. [L. orphanus, Gr. ?, akin to L. orbus. Cf.
Orb a blank window.]
A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also,
a child who has but one parent living.
Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the
Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of
orphans or other wards. --Bouvier.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Orphan : \Or"phan\, a.
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Orphan : \Or"phan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Orphaning.]
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. --Young.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ORPHAN. A minor or infant who has lost both of his or her parents. Sometimes
the term is applied to such a person who has lost only one of his or her
parents. 3 Mer. 48; 2 Sim. & Stu. 93; Lo & Man. Inst. B. 1, t. 2, c. 1. See
Hazzard's Register of Pennsylvania, vol. 14, pages 188, 1 89, for a
correspondence between the Hon. Joseph Hopkinson and ex-president J. Q.
Adams as to the meaning of the word Orphan, and Rob. 247.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Orphan : n. [Unix] A process whose parent has died; one inherited by
`init(1)'. Compare zombie.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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