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ORPHANHOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orphanhood mean? 

ORPHANHOOD (noun)
  The noun ORPHANHOOD has 1 sense:

1. the condition of being a child without living parentsplay

  Familiarity information: ORPHANHOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORPHANHOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being a child without living parents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

orphanage; orphanhood

Context example:

his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult

Hypernyms ("orphanhood" is a kind of...):

condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)


 Context examples 


But there were some differences between Em'ly's orphanhood and mine, it appeared.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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