Dictionary Entry
orphan
orphan is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
- 2adjective
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.
- 4noun
a young animal without a mother
- 5noun
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
- 6noun
a child who has lost both parents
- 7noun
someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
- 8verb
deprive of parents
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