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orphan
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.
  • Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon. figuratively
  • A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page. typography
  • Any unreferenced object. computing
Adjective
  • Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
  • Remaining after the removal of some form of support. by extension, figuratively
Verb
  • To deprive of parents used almost exclusively in the passive
  • To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to. transitive, computing