Definitions
a young animal without a mother
Word origin
Late Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos.
Used in a sentence
“An orphan isn't harmful in a language that has garbage collection, such as Java. However, reducing the number of orphans can be expected to improve code performance.”
“She is an orphan child.”
“With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Parentless child”6 letters
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