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orpo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • orphan noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
  • runt noun The smallest or weakest animal in a litter.

Senses

orpo is used for these senses in English:

  • orphan A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
  • out of place Not in the proper arrangement or situation.
  • runt (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.

orphan — full definition

  1. noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
  2. verb To leave a child without parents, usually through death.
  3. noun Something left without the support, source, or connection it depended on.

runt — full definition

  1. noun The smallest or weakest animal in a litter.
  2. noun An unimportant or looked-down-upon person, often used as an insult.

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