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paternal orphan

paternal orphan noun: a child whose father has died.

Noun

paternal orphan (plural paternal orphans)

  1. A child whose father has died.

Forms of paternal orphan

pluralpaternal orphans

Questions about paternal orphan

What does paternal orphan mean?
Paternal orphan means a child whose father has died.
What part of speech is paternal orphan?
Paternal orphan is a noun.
What is the plural of paternal orphan?
The plural of paternal orphan is paternal orphans.

Words near paternal orphan in the dictionary

  1. paternal grandmothers
  2. paternal half aunt
  3. paternal half aunts
  4. paternal half-uncle
  5. paternal half-uncles
  6. paternal orphan
  7. paternal orphans
  8. paternal uncle
  9. paternal uncles
  10. paternalisation
  11. paternalise

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