- orphanShe's an orphan adopted by a wealthy New York family.
- orphanedShe finds herself caring for an orphaned child.
- motherlessShe died at 39 and left four small children motherless.
- fatherlessThe raid created 85 widows and 250 fatherless children.
Meaning of orphan in English
orphan | Intermediate English
Examples of orphan
orphan
Now tens of thousands of children have been orphaned in the disaster.
From NPR
But 78 kids survived - orphans who have lost their home once again.
From CBS News
Some of the orphans were already in the adoption process with families here, while others will meet prospective parents.
From Baltimore Sun
It is the answer to an aggrieved nation of countless bereaved families, widows and orphans, wounded and immobilised.
From TIME
In that era it took in boy orphans and raised them, and taught them trades.
From Slate Magazine
More than $2 billion of that sits unspent in the treasury and have come to have "orphan status," meaning less than 10% was ever spent.
From ABC News
The orphans who managed to survive the hospital, in contrast, were more likely to contract all types of illnesses.
From National Geographic
A month later, many of those orphans are growing, healing and learning the skills they'll need to survive on their own.
These children, known as "stateless orphans," number somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000.
From Huffington Post
I'd say that this is one orphan that has definitely found the perfect home.
From Huffington Post
Later, we see a group of orphans whose teacher makes them pray for the actor before they can eat their plate of free biryani rice.
From Hollywood Reporter
Every single one of those kids is an orphan from that situation.
From The Atlantic
An orphan, technically, has no living biological parents.
From The Atlantic
A double orphan is another way of saying this.
From The Atlantic
Orphanage workers say their facilities are swelling with children who are not orphans.
From CBS News
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अनाथ, पोरका…
孤児, 孤児（こじ）, 孤児（こじ）になる…
öksüz, yetim…
orphelin/-ine [masculine-feminine], devenir orphelin/-ine, orphelin/-ine…
orfe, òrfena…
wees…
பெற்றோர் இறந்துவிட்ட குழந்தை…
अनाथ…
અનાથ…
(en) forældreløs…
föräldralöst barn…
anak yatim piatu…
die Waise, Waisen-……
foreldreløst barn [neuter], bli foreldreløs, foreldreløst barn…
یتیم…
сирота…
сирота, изолированная строка, висячая строка…
అనాథ / తల్లిదండ్రులు చనిపోయిన బిడ్డ…
يَتيم…
অনাথ…
sirotek, osiřelý…
yatim piatu…
เด็กกำพร้า…
trẻ mồ côi…
sierota…
고아…
orfano, -a…
