orphan
UK
/ˈɔːfən/US /ˈɔrfən/orphan
NOUNDefinition of orphan
An orphan is someone who does not have parents. That is, their mother and father are both dead. This is most often used for a child.
Example: She became an orphan when the storm killed her parents.
orphan
EXAMPLESExamples of orphan
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She became an orphan when the storm killed her parents.
Example sentence2
We could not have children, so we adopted an orphan.
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