Or"phan (?), n. [L. orphanus, Gr. , akin to L. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.]
A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
Orphans' court Law, a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards.
Bouvier.
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Or"phan, a.
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
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Or"phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.]
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.
Young.
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