orphan

Definition

  • noun: a child whose parents are dead
  • noun: a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents
  • verb: to cause (a child) to become an orphan
  • verb: to cause to become an orphan
  • sometimes used of animals
  • synonyms: parentless, twice-bereaved, fatherless

Examples

  • He was left an 'orphan' [=he became an orphan] when his parents died in a car accident.

  • The second volume of the two-volume set 'was orphaned' when we lost the first volume.

  • He 'was orphaned' as a young boy when his parents died in a car accident.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Her address was destroyed, so we could no longer deliver her. My baby! It was then I realized that there was no future in baby delivery. Now, the orphan Tulip has just turned , which means we can finally liberate her and return her to the human world. But she's no trouble. Oh, she isn't, is she? (..)
    2016 Storks
  • (..) Whether to be like a friend boss or a distant, weird boss? Always be distant and weird. What's the matter with you? Sorry. No, it's dealing with that. JUNIOR: The orphan Tulip? I don't understand. Do you know why we stopped delivering babies? Because there are so many other ways of getting babies? (..)
    2016 Storks