Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fatherless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fatherless \Fa"ther*less\, a.
1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.
2. Without a known author. --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fatherless
adj 1: having no living father
2: not having a known or legally responsible father
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