orphan
IPA: ˈɔrfʌn
noun
- A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
- A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
- A young animal with no mother.
- (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
- (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
- (computing) Any unreferenced object.
verb
- (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
- (transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
adjective
- Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
- (by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
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