orphan
noun
[ ˈɔːf(ə)n ]
• a child whose parents are dead.
• "he was left an orphan as a small boy"
• the first line of a paragraph set as the last line of a page or column, considered undesirable.
orphan
verb
• make (a child) an orphan.
• "John was orphaned at 12"
Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek orphanos ‘bereaved’.
