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Definition of: orphan
(ôr′fən) noun
A child whose parents are dead.
—adjective
1. Having lost one or (more commonly) both parents: said of a child.
2. Pertaining to a child so bereaved.
—v.t. To bereave of parents or of a parent; make an orphan of. [<LL orphanus <Gk. orphanos, lit., bereaved]
—or′phan·hood (-h
d) noun
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