A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
Used in a Sentence
orphans
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for orphans.
Editorial note
There is also the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust[3][4] which takes care of elephant and rhino orphans (most of whom are orphans due to poaching).
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of orphans gathered in one view.
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
A young animal with no mother.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for orphans.
noun
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
noun
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
noun
A young animal with no mother.
noun
(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
Example sentences
There is also the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust[3][4] which takes care of elephant and rhino orphans (most of whom are orphans due to poaching).
But they cared more about their work supporting orphans, so anything that got in the way was removed.
Congressmen aren't on TV with a telethon to save orphans from cancer -- they are not begging for bucks.
It's a public offering; the defining characteristic of an IPO is that it means that the shares are available to be bought by widows, orphans, and general idiots, rather than just accredited investors.
In Saigon, the American legacy included packs of orphans roaming the streets and a heroin epidemic.
From poor starving orphans in the middle of abandoned nowhere, to cushy apartment-dwellers in big-cities.
Millionaires investing in new ideas aren't exactly naive widows and orphans (though they could be).
Orphaning requires Bitcoin software to include complex chain reorganization code; a blockchain where orphans are very rare could omit such code.
The children are then considered as 'orphans' and are automatically attached to the init process.
When widows and orphans are borrowing money to gamble because they've been told it's a sure thing, it's time to get out.
There's been a bunch of research on Korean War orphans adopted to the West.
Do you remember in the 70s and 80s that there was a raft of adoptions of Korean orphans in the US and elsewhere?
Quote examples
This tactic of bundling feel-good legislation ("free puppies for orphans act") with bad legislation ("extend copyright for a billion more years rider") is so lame.
"All those widows and orphans" Spare me.
The underlying design of how Mesos and Marathon communicate create situations where they have differing views of the state of the cluster, and you end up with "orphans" which are tasks that Mesos is aware of but Marathon knows nothing about.
Nationally, the new government estimated it was dealing with 10 million refugees; 1 million war widows; 880,000 orphans; 362,000 war invalids; and 3 million unemployed people." The US did not leave Vietnam in ruins.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use orphans in a sentence?
There is also the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust[3][4] which takes care of elephant and rhino orphans (most of whom are orphans due to poaching).
What does orphans mean?
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
What part of speech is orphans?
orphans is commonly used as noun.