ORPHAN

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ~us, from Greek ~os; akin to Old High German erbi inheritance, Latin orbus ~ed Date: 15th century a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents, a young animal that has lost its mother, one deprived of some protection or advantage , ~ adjective ~hood noun II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1814 to cause to become an ~