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orphan

noun as in child without parents

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McLaughlin stars as the eponymous orphan who learns about his magical heritage after he receives his acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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“Yes, yes, paupers and grubby orphans; it is all quite tragic.”

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Christian magazine Charisma further explained that throughout the Bible, “God commands His people to ‘defend the fatherless’ and to care for orphans with compassion, justice and sacrificial love.”

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"How much mourning? How many widows? How many orphans? How much pain do we carry -- personally, institutionally, and patriotically -- because of drug trafficking?"

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A Vermont couple raised an orphaned beaver kit and prepared it to return to the wild.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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