- parentless
- adjective see parent I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
parentless
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Parentless — Par ent*less, a. Deprived of parents. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
parentless — adjective Having no (living) parent. Firstly, then, who were these parentless children who seem to have been present in a sizeable proportion of households … Wiktionary
parentless child — index orphan Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
parentless — adj. having no parents; fatherless or motherless; not cared for by parent substitutes … English contemporary dictionary
parentless — a. Orphaned … New dictionary of synonyms
parentless — par·ent·less … English syllables
parentless — adjective having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates • Syn: ↑unparented • Ant: ↑parented (for: ↑unparented) • Similar to: ↑orphaned, ↑fathe … Useful english dictionary
parent — parentless, adj. parentlike, adj. /pair euhnt, par /, n. 1. a father or a mother. 2. an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor. 3. a source, origin, or cause. 4. a protector or guardian. 5. Biol. any organism that produces or generates another. 6.… … Universalium
Cultural variations in adoption — Adoption is an arrangement by which a child whose biological parents are unable to care for it is adopted and given the same legal and social status as though he/she were the biological child of the adoptive parents. For example, under a system… … Wikipedia
St. Nicholas Orphanage — charity with the financial support of several international institutions. [http://www.parentless.org/Home/Default.aspx?tabid=579 Parentless.org ] , Community center for orphanages, children s homes and orphan care providers.] Today St. Nicholas… … Wikipedia
