| Orphan 1. (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. 2. (a.) Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent. 3. (v. t.) To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Thesaurus Entries abandoned, alone, bereave, cast-off, castaway, castoff, derelict, discard, disregarded, dogie, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, forsaken, foundling, heir, ignored, jetsam, junk, lagan, leave, leave behind, lost, neglected, orphaned, parentless, refuse, reject, relict, rubbish, slighted, solitary, successor, survivor, trash, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, widow, widower |