orphan
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈɔrfən/
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cría huérfana
- The young lion was an orphan after his mother was killed by poachers.
- a week-old orphan
- an orphan elephant
Examples
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And then there is a young orphan who wants to become a pirate.
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The young orphan you adopted at the gala.
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So says the director of a new South Korean film about a North Korean orphan living secretly in China.
Blog text (5) -
The really wonderful thing about her is that she adopted an orphan cub and is raising it.
Academic text (1999) -
An orphan calf followed Captain Meriwether Lewis one afternoon as he walked west beside the Missouri River.
Academic text (2002) -
We have a seven-week-old filly who's an orphan.
Fiction book (1998) -
Animal rescuers found the tiny bear cub, an orphan that had lost its mother in the wildfire.
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Rangers worked tirelessly to care for the orphan elephants they rescued from traps.
Compounds
- Specialized
A place polluted by toxic waste with no person or company responsible for cleaning it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orphan comes from the Greek orphanos 'without parents', so the word also fits young animals whose mother has died or is gone because they are 'left alone' and need care.