A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
Any unreferenced object.
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.
Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)
To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
the smallest and weakest person in a group, especially a group of siblings