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Definition of ORPHAN

Orphan
Orphan Or"phan, a. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
Orphan
Orphan Or"phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.] To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. --Young.

Meaning of ORPHAN from wikipedia

- An orphan (from the Gr****: ορφανός, romanized: orphanós) is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also...
- Orphan Black is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana...
- up orphan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An orphan is one who has lost both parents. Orphan(s) or The Orphan(s) may also refer to: The Orphan (film)...
- Orphan Black: Echoes is a Canadian science fiction thriller television series created by Anna Fishko based on Orphan Black created by John Fawcett and...
- An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that is developed to treat certain rare medical conditions. An orphan drug would not be profitable to produce...
- Orphan is a 2009 psychological horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by David Leslie Johnson from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars...
- The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located...
- Orphan: First Kill is a 2022 American psychological horror film directed by William Brent Bell, written by David Coggeshall, based on a story by David...
- The Orphan Queen is an epic fantasy and romance from Incarnate series author Jodi Meadows. The Huffington Post ranked it as one of the top YA books of...
- An AIDS orphan is a child who became an orphan because one or both parents died from AIDS. In statistics from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS...