orphan, na.
(Del b. LAT. orphanus, and this of the g ?(fa?).
1. adj. said of a person of minor age: to who have killed you the father and mother or one of the two, especially the father. U t. c. s.
2. adj. poét. One person said: to whom have killed you children.
3. adj. Falto something, and especially of amparo. On that occasion was an orphan city.
4. adj. ant. expósito.
U in Bolivia, Chile and Peru.