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social orphan

social orphan noun: a child with no adult carers, though one or both parents are still living.

Noun

social orphan (plural social orphans)

  1. A child with no adult carers, though one or both parents are still living.

Forms of social orphan

pluralsocial orphans

Questions about social orphan

What does social orphan mean?
Social orphan means a child with no adult carers, though one or both parents are still living.
What part of speech is social orphan?
Social orphan is a noun.
What is the plural of social orphan?
The plural of social orphan is social orphans.

Words near social orphan in the dictionary

  1. social notworking
  2. social occasion
  3. social occasions
  4. social order
  5. social orders
  6. social orphan
  7. social orphans
  8. social partnership
  9. social partnerships
  10. social pattern
  11. social patterns

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