orphan's
Belonging to foundling
Orphan's is the possessive form of orphan, indicating something belonging to or associated with a child whose parents have died.
It appears in phrases like the orphan's inheritance or an orphan's tale.
The word also forms part of compound terms: an orphan's court historically handled estates of deceased persons and guardianship matters.
Grimly poor, socially unjust
- OliverMale given name
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
- protagonistStory's central figure
- rags-to-richesDramatic upward mobility narrative
bildungsroman · workhouse · benefactor · Annie · Jane Eyre · Cosette · hardship · resilience
Shelter from persecution
- dormitoryStudent living building
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
- wardProtected person; division
- adoptionLegal family formation
charity · benefactor · endowment · trust · sponsorship · welfare · placement · shelter
Having no mother or father
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- wardProtected person; division
- adopteeOne legally taken in
- foundlingAbandoned child discovered
kinless · bereaved · custody · foster · caretaker · inheritance · godparent · benefactor
Left behind completely
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- aloneWithout others present
- unwantedNot wished for
destitute · helpless · forsaken · dependent · impoverished · exploited · streetwise · resilient
Dickensian
Grimly poor, socially unjust
- OliverMale given name
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
- protagonistStory's central figure
rags-to-riches · bildungsroman · workhouse · benefactor · Annie · Jane Eyre · Cosette · hardship · resilience · discovery
asylum
Shelter from persecution
adoption · charity · benefactor · endowment · trust · sponsorship · welfare · placement · shelter · institution
parentless
Having no mother or father
foundling · kinless · bereaved · custody · foster · caretaker · inheritance · godparent · benefactor · trustee
abandoned
Left behind completely
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- aloneWithout others present
unwanted · destitute · helpless · forsaken · dependent · impoverished · exploited · streetwise · resilient · survivor
widow
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- typographyArranging letters for display
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
- strandedLeft without means to leave
dangling · unlinked · detached · zombie · daemon · unclaimed · fragment · remnant · isolated · disconnected
- war orphanChild parentless from conflict
- orphaned childrenYouth whose parents died
- Little Orphan AnnieRedheaded comic strip waif
- orphan heroHeroic figure without parents
- half orphanOne parent remains alive
- orphan careSupport for parentless children
orphan, orphans, orphaned, orphaning, orphanage, orphanages, orphanhood