orphanhood

Definition of Orphanhood in English :

1. orphanage, orphanhood

the condition of being a child without living parents

Example Sentences:
'his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Orphanhood

noun

the state of being an orphan

n.

1.

a. A child whose parents are dead.

b. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.

2. A young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.

3. One that lacks support, supervision, or care: A lack of corporate interest has made the subsidiary an orphan.

4. A technology or product that has not been developed or marketed, especially on account of being commercially unprofitable.

5. Printing A very short line of type at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page.

adj.

1. Deprived of parents.

2. Intended for orphans: an orphan home.

3. Lacking support, supervision, or care.

4. Being a technology or product that is an orphan.

tr.v. or·phaned, or·phan·ing, or·phans

To deprive (a child or young animal) of a parent or parents.