Definitions from Wiktionary (orphan)

▸ noun:  A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
▸ noun:  A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
▸ noun:  A young animal with no mother.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
▸ noun:  (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
▸ noun:  (computing) Any unreferenced object.
▸ adjective:  Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
▸ adjective:  (by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
▸ verb:  (transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
▸ Also see orphan



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