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orphan

n. ஏதுமிலி, அனாதை, (வினை) றறோரிழ.


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. Or"phan, a. Defn: Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent. 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.


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