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orphan works

orphan works is the plural of orphan work.

Meaning of orphan work

Noun

orphan work (plural orphan works)

  1. A copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable.

Questions about orphan works

What is orphan works the plural of?
Orphan works is the plural of orphan work.

Words near orphan works in the dictionary

  1. orphan stars
  2. orphan tears
  3. orphan train
  4. orphan trains
  5. orphan work
  6. orphan works
  7. orphan's court
  8. orphan's courts
  9. orphan-crushing machine
  10. orphan-crushing machines
  11. orphanage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orphan works (page history and authors); orphan work (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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