adj.
1.deprived of parents by death or desertion orphan n.
1.a child who has lost both parents
2.someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
3.the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
4.a young animal without a mother orphan v.
1.deprive of parents
Idiom of the Day
let (someone) have it with both barrels
to attack someone verbally
The woman let her husband have it with both barrels when he came home late from work without phoning.