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Definitions for Orphan

[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 . (especially in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a page. widow(def 3b) .
[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.
[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.
[11] a child, one or (more commonly) both of whose parents are dead (as modifier ) an orphan child
[12] printing the first line of a paragraph separated from the rest of the paragraph by occurring at the foot of a page
[13] (tr) to deprive of one or both parents

Words related to Orphan

foundling, ragamuffin, stray, waif

Words nearby Orphan

orotracheal tube, orotund, oroya fever, orozco, orpen, orphan, orphan drug, orphan virus, orphanage, orphans' court, orpharion

Origin of Orphan

1425–75; late Middle English (noun) < Late Latin orphanus destitute, without parents < Greek orphanós bereaved; akin to Latin orbus bereaved

Other words from Orphan

or·phan·hood , noun
half-or·phan , noun
un·or·phaned , adjective

Word origin for Orphan

C15: from Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos; compare Latin orbus bereaved

Synonyms for Orphan

foundling, ragamuffin, stray, waif