An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant.

What does it mean to orphan someone?

1 : a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents He became an orphan when his parents died in a car accident.

What is meant by orphans Class 5?

If a child has no parents — because the parents died or lost custody — the child is considered an orphan. Orphans are parentless.