orphans
Wards without family
Orphans are children whose parents have died.
The word can apply when one parent dies, though it most often suggests both are gone.
Extended uses describe anything abandoned or left without support: orphan drugs lack commercial interest, orphan works have no identifiable copyright holder.
In typesetting, an orphan is a lone line stranded at the top or bottom of a page.
To orphan is to make someone an orphan: The war orphaned thousands of children.
Surname of Victorian novelist
- CinderellaRags-to-riches heroine
- AnnieDiminutive female name
- MatildaFemale name, strength-in-combat meaning
- BildungsromanNovel of formative years
Cosette · Heathcliff · coming-of-age · Mowgli · Tarzan · protagonist · rags-to-riches · bildungsroman
Abandoned child discovered
- wardProtected person; division
- waifAbandoned, neglected child
- strayWander from course
- abandonedLeft behind completely
displaced · neglected · destitute · institutionalized · homeless · dependent · minor · helpless
Left behind completely
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
at-risk · disadvantaged · impoverished · destitute · exploited · trafficked · malnourished · uneducated
Encourage development of
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- custodyProtective care or control
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- familiesRelated people living together
agencies · adoptive · prospective · screening · waiting · applicants · profiles · match
Student living building
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- charityVoluntary aid for others
almshouse · workhouse · asylum · shelter · refuge · boarding · wards · state-run
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- danglingSuspended and swaying freely
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- isolatedSeparated from others
- line-breakForced text continuation below
paragraph · layout · pagination · formatting · typography · column · ragged · hanging
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
- CinderellaRags-to-riches heroine
- AnnieDiminutive female name
- MatildaFemale name, strength-in-combat meaning
Cosette · Heathcliff · Bildungsroman · coming-of-age · Mowgli · Tarzan · protagonist · rags-to-riches · bildungsroman
foundling
Abandoned child discovered
abandoned · displaced · neglected · destitute · institutionalized · homeless · dependent · minor · helpless · urchin
abandoned
Left behind completely
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
unprotected · at-risk · disadvantaged · impoverished · destitute · exploited · trafficked · malnourished · uneducated · voiceless
foster
Encourage development of
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- custodyProtective care or control
- placementPutting somewhere specific
families · agencies · adoptive · prospective · screening · waiting · applicants · profiles · match · homes
dormitory
Student living building
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- benefactorOne who gives aid
charity · almshouse · workhouse · asylum · shelter · refuge · boarding · wards · state-run · overcrowded
widow
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- danglingSuspended and swaying freely
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- isolatedSeparated from others
line-break · paragraph · layout · pagination · formatting · typography · column · ragged · hanging · runt
- Global Povertymalnutrition, starvation, food security, clean water, dirty water
- orphan carefoundlings, foster care, foster homes, wards, child abandonment
- postwarrebuilding, demobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations
- Vulnerable Groupshomeless youth, refugees, disabled people, elderly poor, domestic violence victims
- underclasspoor, pauper, peasant, homeless, serf
- Armenian GenocideArmenian Genocide, Armenians, 1915, April 24, deportations
- 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, orphanage, orphaned, orphanages, orphaning, orphanhood