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Definition of orphan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

orphan

noun
 
/ˈɔːfn/
 
/ˈɔːrfn/
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  1. a child whose parents are dead
    • He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.
    • orphan boys/girls
    • a poor little orphan
    Topics Life stagesc1, Family and relationshipsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • poor
    • war
    • …
    verb + orphan
    • be left
    • adopt
    orphan + noun
    • boy
    • child
    • girl
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.
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