Defn: See Orpheline. [Obs.]
ORPHAN
Or"phan, n. Etym: [L. orphanus, Gr. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.]
Defn: A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.
ORPHAN
Or"phan, a.
Defn: Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
ORPHAN
Or"phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.]
Defn: To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.
ORPHANAGE
Or"phan*age, n.
1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.