Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An orphan.
- Orphaned; bereaved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An orphan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete An
orphan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was sad to read about the passing of your petite orpheline, doubly so because the same day I had to say goodbye to my own pet -- my black Lab Huckleberry.
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She called me her little orpheline, or her pretty lamb, and I still remember her voice singing
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She called me her little orpheline, or her pretty lamb, and I still remember her voice singing
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I was sad to read about the passing of your petite orpheline, doubly so because the same day I had to say goodbye to my own pet--my black Lab Huckleberry.
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Vraiment pour dire que c une maladie vraiment malconnu et sur laquelle on devrait plus souvent se pencher car on ne peut pas dire qu'elle est orpheline elle est plutot sous-diagnostiké c tout.
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And same time we be no egspense, like those li'l '_orpheline_'; we can wash dish ', make bed', men 'apron'; and in that way we be independent! '
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La Nation orpheline: Les Allemagnes en Europe by Anne-Marie Le Gloannec
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"Then my father he tell them that chile muz 'be orpheline at two-three year', biccause while seeming so white she never think she wasn 'black.
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