- a child who has lost both parents
- deprive of parents
- someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
- the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
- a young animal without a mother
- An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανός) is a child permanently bereaved of his or her parents. In common usage, only a child (or the young of an animal) who has lost both parents is called an orphan. However, adults can also be referred to as orphans, or "adult orphans".
- Orphan is an album on MCA records, recorded in 2001 by Darwin's Waiting Room.
- The term orphan car accurately applies to any marque of motor vehicle built by a manufacturer that has discontinued business entirely. (The term is sometimes inaccurately applied to a discontinued marque from a still-existing vehicle manufacturer (i.e. Oldsmobile) or a sub-marque (i.e. ...
- Mister Sensitive (real name Andrew Smith) is a fictional character from Marvel Comics, who was a prominent castmember in the X-Statix series. He first appeared in X-Force vol. 1 #117 and was created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred.
- Orphan is a 2009 American horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman in the title role. The film centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious 9-year old girl. ...
- This article is about the play. For the 2009 horror film, see Orphan (film).
- A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died; A young animal with no mother; Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon; A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the ...
- (Orphans) French phrase. Common in European casinos. It's a bet on three specific numbers 6, 34 and 17 that are neighbors on the wheel, but far apart on the layout.
- (Orphans) (Lam 5:3), i.e., desolate and without protectors. The word occurs only here. In Joh 14:18 the word there rendered "comfortless" (R.V., "desolate;" marg., "orphans") properly means "orphans." The same Greek word is rendered "fatherless" in Jam 1:27.
- (Orphans) According to the custom of London and some other cities, a court existed therein for the government of orphans.
- (Orphans) As mortality is still very high in Africa compared to other continents, proportion of orphans is very high even without AIDS: 7% of children aged 10 have already lost their mother and 12.5% their father and about 0.8% lost both parents. ...
- (Orphans) Children whose parents are dead or unknown, whatever their race, have an obvious need for welfare intervention unless they have kin prepared to care for them. As I noted earlier, the great majority of orphans in the Ward Registers had no known relatives. ...
- (Orphans) Mages who Awaken and use magic without being instructed by a Tradition. All players in this game will belong to one of the Nine Traditions, but it can be important to remember that there are others out there.
- (Orphans) Used whenever there is evidence that a child has lost both parents. Also used when a person is specifically described as being an orphan, even if there is evidence that one of the parents is still alive
- (The Orphans) A low-tier gang that appears non-threatening. They wear green shirts with "ORPHANS" stitched into the back, and blue jeans.
- Orphans are files that were in the old version of a package but no longer in the new version.
- A policy owner who is not currently being serviced by the writing agent/broker.
- Condoling with orphans in a dream, means that the unhappy cares of others will touch your sympathies and cause you to sacrifice much personal enjoyment. ...
- The Immigration and Nationality Act provides a definition of an orphan for the purposes of immigration to the United States.
- A child who has no parents because of death, disappearance, desertion or abandonment of the parents. ...