plural of orphan

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of 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

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

The state of being an orphan.