Another word for foundling

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orphan
A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.
A child whose father and mother are dead
A young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.

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1. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.
2. A child whose father and mother are dead
3. A young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.
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waif
(Law) A piece of property found but claimed by nobody
An abandoned young animal.
A person without home or friends; esp., a homeless child

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1. (Law) A piece of property found but claimed by nobody
2. An abandoned young animal.
3. A person without home or friends; esp., a homeless child
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castaway
An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
A discarded person or thing.
(Nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

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1. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
2. A discarded person or thing.
3. (Nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
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