Fatherless

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fatherless \Fa"ther*less\, a.
     1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.
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     2. Without a known author. --Beau. & Fl.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fatherless
       adj 1: having no living father
       2: not having a known or legally responsible father

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "fatherless":
     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