orphan
noun /ˈɔːfn/
/ˈɔːrfn/
- a child whose parents are dead
- He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.
- orphan boys/girls
- a poor little orphan
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- poor
- war
- …
- be left
- adopt
- boy
- child
- girl
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.