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Webster 1913 Edition

Orphan

Or′phan

,
Noun.
[L.
orphanus
, Gr. [GREEK], 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.

Or′phan

,
Adj.
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

Or′phan

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Orphaned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Orphaning
.]
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.
Young.

Webster 1828 Edition

Orphan

OR'PHAN

,
Noun.
[Gr.]
A child who is bereaved of father or mother or of both.

OR'PHAN

,
Adj.
Bereaved of parents.

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