orphan

Definition of orphan

Nouns

a child who has lost both parents
Type of:
child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
a young person of either sex
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
Type of:
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
Type of:
line
text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
a young animal without a mother
Type of:
offspring, young
any immature animal

Verbs

deprive of parents
Type of:
deprive, divest, strip
take away possessions from someone

Vocabulary Lists for orphan

Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
  • incommodious
  • cogitate
  • endue
  • immolate
  • commiserate

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
  • habituate
  • neutralised
  • coherently
  • corrode
  • predispose

Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 40-46 »(226 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
  • accoutre
  • prevaricate
  • proscribe
  • constraining
  • imbue

  • noxious
  • spur
  • speck
  • bound
  • repugnance

Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 17-28 »(114 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
  • whittle
  • histrionic
  • dangle
  • fumble
  • contrite

  • matzah
  • Sturmabteilung
  • concentration camp
  • Hakenkreuz
  • antisemitic

Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" Chapters 1-7 »(488 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "David...
  • sweetbriar
  • caul
  • rookery
  • confuse
  • crawfish

Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" Chapters 1-13 »(343 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "Oliver...
  • cogitate
  • putrefy
  • palpitate
  • convulse
  • actuate

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