Hi there! Who is an Orphan?
An orphan is a person who has no known parents.
You mean known his parents?
Typically it means when they lose both parents to death.
Ok
It's strange because when we are talking about orphan animals, we are pretty much just referring to the mother being absent. The father's whereabouts are irrelevant.
Truly strange indeed! Going by the earlier definition. I thought it takes both parents to be absent for a child to be an orphan?
Orphan
An orphan (from the ) is someone whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them.
In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant (i.e. if the female parent has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition).
Definitions.
Various groups use different definitions to identify orphans. One legal definition used in the
hope of becoming his partner. Kelley uses a slingshot and firecrackers as weapons. She also wears green-tinted sunglasses in lieu of a black harlequin mask. Unlike most versions of Robin, Kelley is not an orphan, but she appears to have rather ignorant and neglectful parents who are never actually seen – one of them mutters "Didn't we have a kid?" while their daughter is witnessing the fierce battle between Batman and the street gangs known as the Mutants. It is hinted through their dialogue that they were once