Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - orphan
Orphan
orphan
n. & v. --n. (often attrib.) 1 a child bereaved of a parent or usu. both parents. 2 a person bereft of previous protection, advantages, etc. --v.tr. bereave (a child) of its parents or a parent. Derivatives orphanhood n. orphanize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: ME f. LL orphanus f. Gk orphanos bereaved
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ~us, from Greek ~os; akin to Old High German erbi inheritance, Latin orbus ~ed Date: 15th century a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents, a young animal that has lost its mother, one deprived of some protection or advantage , ~ adjective ~hood noun II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1814 to cause to become an ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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