Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orphan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orphan \Or"phan\, n. [L. orphanus, Gr. ?, akin to L. orbus. Cf.
{Orb} a blank window.]
A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also,
a child who has but one parent living.
{Orphans' court} (Law), a court in some of the States of the
Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of
orphans or other wards. --Bouvier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orphan \Or"phan\, a.
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orphan \Or"phan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Orphaned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Orphaning}.]
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. --Young.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orphan
adj : deprived of parents by death or desertion [syn: {orphaned}]
n : a child who has lost both parents
v : deprive of parents
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