orphan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orphan	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for orphan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orphan n a child who has lost both 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 v deprive of parents
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orphan \Or"phan\, n. [L. orphanus, Gr. [?], akin to L. orbus. Cf. {Orb} a blank window.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orphan \Or"phan\, a. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orphan \Or"phan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Orphaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Orphaning}.] To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. --Young.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
orphan n. [Unix] A process whose parent has died; one inherited by `init(1)'. Compare {zombie}.