Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bereaved; fatherless; childless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Bereaved; fatherless; childless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
bereaved ;fatherless orchildless
Etymologies
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Latin orbatus, past participle of orbare to bereave, from orbus bereaved of parents or children. See orphan.
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