Orphan
Or´phan
| n. | 1. | A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
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| a. | 1. | Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent. | |||
| v. t. | 1. | To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. | |||
| Noun | 1. |  orphan - a child who has lost both parents |
| 2. | orphan - someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision | |
| 3. | orphan - the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column | |
| 4. | orphan - a young animal without a mother | |
| Verb | 1. | orphan - deprive of parents |
| Adj. | 1. | orphan - deprived of parents by death or desertion Synonyms: orphaned |
ORPHAN. A minor or infant who has lost both of his or her parents. Sometimes the term is applied to such a person who has lost only one of his or her parents. 3 Mer. 48; 2 Sim. & Stu. 93; Lo & Man. Inst. B. 1, t. 2, c. 1. See Hazzard's Register of Pennsylvania, vol. 14, pages 188, 1 89, for a correspondence between the Hon. Joseph Hopkinson and ex-president J. Q. Adams as to the meaning of the word Orphan, and Rob. 247.
To see an orphan in your dream, signifies fears of abandonment and feelings of loneliness and rejection.. To dream that you are condoling with orphans, symbolizes that the unhappiness of others will touch your sympathies and cause you to sacrifice much personal enjoyment.abandoned, alone, bereave, cast-off, castaway, castoff, derelict, discard, disregarded, dogie, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, forsaken, foundling, heir, ignored, jetsam, junk, lagan, leave, leave behind, lost, neglected, orphaned, parentless, refuse, reject, relict, rubbish, slighted, solitary, successor, survivor, trash, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, widow, widower