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orphan

(ɔːʳfən)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense orphans, past tense orphaned
1. countable noun
An orphan is a child whose parents are dead.
I'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own.
...a young orphan girl brought up by peasants.
2. passive verb [no cont]
If a child is orphaned, their parents die, or their remaining parent dies.
Jones was orphaned at the age of ten, and taken in by next-door neighbours. [be VERB-ed]
Some ten million children have been orphaned by the disease. [be VERB-ed]
...a fifteen-year-old boy left orphaned by the recent disaster. [VERB-ed]

orphan in British English

(ˈɔːfən)
noun
1. 
a. 
a child, one or (more commonly) both of whose parents are dead
b. 
(as modifier)
an orphan child
2.  printing
the first line of a paragraph separated from the rest of the paragraph by occurring at the foot of a page
verb
3. (transitive)
to deprive of one or both parents
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos; compare Latin orbus bereaved

orphan 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
The committee is an orphan of the previous administration
4.  Printing (esp in word processing)
a. (esp in word processing)
the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a page
b.  "> widow (sense 3b)
adjective
5. 
bereft of parents
6. 
of or for orphans
an orphan home
7. 
not authorized, supported, or funded; not part of a system; isolated; abandoned
an orphan research project
8. 
lacking a commercial sponsor, an employer, etc
orphan workers
transitive verb
9. 
to deprive of parents or a parent through death
He was orphaned at the age of four
10. informal
to deprive of commercial sponsorship, an employer, etc
The recession has orphaned many experienced workers
Derived forms
orphanhood
noun
Word origin
[1425–75; late ME (n.) ‹ LL orphanus destitute, without parents ‹ Gk orphanós bereaved; akin to L orbus bereaved]

Examples of 'orphan' in a sentence
orphan

But things take an emotional turn when two orphaned cubs are discovered.
The Sun (2016)
Her story of rearing an orphaned lion cub and then releasing it back into the wild has touched the heart of millions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We want to help with the orphans.
Christianity Today (2000)
These poor cubs were orphaned at four months old and had no survival techniques.
The Sun (2013)
It is feared gangs will pounce on those orphaned by the disaster.
The Sun (2013)
It is not the orphaned cub that is vulnerable.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Not for widows or orphans, this one.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
AS many feared, the twins born to the world's oldest mum are now orphans at the age of two.
The Sun (2009)

In other languages
orphan

British English: orphan /ˈɔːfən/ NOUN
An orphan is a child whose parents are dead.
  • American English: orphan
  • Arabic: يَتِيمٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: órfão
  • Chinese: 孤儿
  • Croatian: siroče
  • Czech: sirotek
  • Danish: forældreløs
  • Dutch: wees
  • European Spanish: huérfano
  • Finnish: orpo
  • French: orphelin
  • German: Waisenkind
  • Greek: ορφανό
  • Italian: orfano
  • Japanese: 孤児
  • Korean: 고아
  • Norwegian: foreldreløst barn
  • Polish: sierota
  • European Portuguese: órfão
  • Romanian: orfan
  • Russian: сирота
  • Latin American Spanish: huérfano
  • Swedish: föräldralöst barn
  • Thai: ลูกกำพร้า
  • Turkish: kimsesiz
  • Ukrainian: сирота
  • Vietnamese: trẻ mồ côi

Chinese translation of 'orphan'

orphan

(ˈɔːfn)

n (c)

  1. 孤儿(兒) (gū'ér) (个(個), gè)

vt

  1. to be orphaned 成为(為)孤儿(兒) (chéngwéi gū'ér)
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