Type and usage of orphan from BoostVocab

orphan

/'ɔrfən/

noun
a child who has lost both parents
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child fry kid minor nestling nipper shaver small fry tiddler tike tyke youngster
noun
a young animal without a mother
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offspring young
verb
deprive of parents
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divest strip deprive
noun
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
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soul mortal person somebody individual someone
noun
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
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line

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)

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