ORPHAN


Meaning of ORPHAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔ:(r)fən ]

( orphans, orphaned)

1.

An orphan is a child whose parents are dead.

...a young orphan girl brought up by peasants...

N-COUNT

2.

If a child is orphaned , their parents die, or their remaining parent dies.

...a fifteen-year-old boy left orphaned by the recent disaster.

V-PASSIVE : no cont , V-ed

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