orphan
Meaning of orphan
- a child whose parents are dead.
he was left an orphan as a small boy
an orphan girl
orphan chimps
- the first line of a paragraph set as the last line of a page or column, considered undesirable.
- make (a child) an orphan.
John was orphaned at 12
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.
Information about orphan
- The plural form of orphan is: orphans.
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Hyphenation of orphan
or-phan
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- orphan is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
orphan synonyms
Meaning orphaned:
Translation of orphan
Words that rhyme with orphan
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