waif

Meaning of waif

noun
  1. A castaway; a homeless child.
  2. (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized.
  3. Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
  4. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.

Information about waif

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of waif is: waifs.
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Hyphenation of waif

waif

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • waif is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

waif synonyms

Meaning :

stray, wanderer

Words that rhyme with waif

superwaif

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