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nouna child who has lost both parents
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nouna young animal without a mother
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verbdeprive of parents
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nounsomeone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
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Definition that contains orphan
- orphanage a public institution for the care of orphans
- hershey United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
- waif a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
- orphans' asylum a public institution for the care of orphans
- street child a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
- foster home a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)
- milton snavely hershey United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)