orphans

Meaning of orphans

plural noun
  1. a child whose parents are dead.
    he was left an orphan as a small boy
    an orphan girl
    orphan chimps
  2. the first line of a paragraph set as the last line of a page or column, considered undesirable.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. make (a child) an orphan.
    John was orphaned at 12

late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.

Information about orphans

  • The singular form of orphans is: orphan.
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Hyphenation of orphans

or-phans

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • orphans is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with orphans

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