(rare) The state of being an orphan; orphanhood.

The state of being an orphan.

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. / A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them. / A young animal with no mother.

Deprived of parents (also orphaned). / (by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

(transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive) / (transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

Abandoned.

simple past tense and past participle of orphan

present participle of orphan

plural of orphan

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orphan