Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 4 compound words that contain orphans. The most common are listed below. Open orphans in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- orphans' courtAlternative form of orphan's court: A judicial body responsible for overseeing matters related to the administration of estates and the legal validation of wills.
- war orphansplural of war orphan: An orphan whose parents were killed in a war.
- double orphansplural of double orphan: A child whose parents have both died.
- elder orphansplural of elder orphan: An elderly man or woman with little or no support from any relatives or any friends.
- half orphansplural of half orphan: A person, especially a child, with only one living parent.
- maternal orphansplural of maternal orphan: A child whose mother has died.
- orphans offthird-person singular simple present indicative of orphan off: To treat (a child) as an orphan, such as by sending them into foster care or adopting them out.
- orphans' courtsplural of orphans' court: A judicial body responsible for overseeing matters related to the administration of estates and the legal validation of wills.
- paper orphansplural of paper orphan: A child falsely presented as an orphan by means of fraudulent documentation, facilitating human trafficking etc.
- social orphansplural of social orphan: A child with no adult carers, though one or both parents are still living.
- paternal orphansplural of paternal orphan: A child whose father has died.
Compound words 4
- methorphansplural of methorphan: Either of two isomers of 3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan
- nonorphansplural of nonorphan: One who is not an orphan.
- orphanshipThe state of being an orphan.
- orphanshipsplural of orphanship: The state of being an orphan.