Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foundling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foundling \Found"ling\, n. [OE. foundling, fundling; finden to
find + -ling; cf. f["u]ndling, findling. See {Find}, v. t.,
and {-ling}.]
A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent
or owner.
{Foundling hospital}, a hospital for foundlings.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foundling
n : a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
[syn: {abandoned infant}]
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