orphan
nounA child whose parents are dead.
nounA child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.
nounA young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.
nounOne that lacks support, supervision, or care.
nounA technology or product that has not been developed or marketed, especially on account of being commercially unprofitable.
nounA very short line of type at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page.
adjectiveDeprived of parents.
adjectiveIntended for orphans.
adjectiveLacking support, supervision, or care.
