Meaning of FATHERLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'fâdhurlis
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- [adj] not having a known or legally responsible father
- [adj] having no living father
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| | Synonyms: | | illegitimate, parentless, unparented |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fa"ther*less\, a.
1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.
2. Without a known author. --Beau. & Fl.
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| | Related Terms: | | abandoned, aidless, baseborn, bastard, bereaved, bereft, defenseless, deprived, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guideless, helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, misbegotten, motherless, natural, orphan, orphaned, outcast, parentless, pregnable, spurious, supposititious, unfriended, unprotected, untenable, vulnerable, widowed |
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