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orphan

noun as in child without parents

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He gave us a little orphan girl in a red wig belting “Tomorrow.”

She described how “in certain circles [it] is the moral equivalent of eating a baby orphan.”

Scribbling notes in the classroom next door is Justine, a shy 17-year-old orphan who is the only female in her class.

Metronomic therapy is a quintessential financial orphan, Vikas Sukhatme says.

The financial orphan problem points to a deeper issue with the way cancer drugs are developed.

You love her, your beautiful Finnish orphan brought up in France and romantically met in London, with the adorable name?

She wore no denim uniform, such as Amy had mentioned on a previous occasion as being the mark of the usual “orphan.”

It was the home that had sheltered her orphan childhood; she had never slept a night from under its moss-grown roof.

George Gordon: Scotch birth, so far as can learn; left an orphan; lived mostly in London.

You shall not be the loser, Mrs. Martin, by the attention you may pay to this poor orphan girl.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to orphan, such as: foundling, ragamuffin, stray, and waif.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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