USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An orphan is someone who
A
has no parents
B
has one parent
C
has both parents
D
has step parents
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A child who has no parents because of death, disappearance, desertion or abandonment of the parents. A child may also be considered an orphan if the child has an unwed mother, or a single living parent who cannot care for the child and has released him/her irrevocably (permanently) for adoption and emigration.

Detailed explanation-2: -An orphan is a child whose parents have died. The term is sometimes used to describe any person whose parents have died, though this is less common. A child who only has one living parent is also sometimes considered an orphan.

Detailed explanation-3: -An orphan is a child whose parents have died. You can also say that a child is orphaned. She’s an orphan adopted by a wealthy New York family. She finds herself caring for an orphaned child. You can also say that a child with no mother is motherless, and a child with no father is fatherless.

Detailed explanation-4: -noun. or·phan ˈȯr-fən. : a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents. He became an orphan when his parents died in a car accident. : a young animal that has lost its mother.

Detailed explanation-5: -An orphan is a child whose parents are dead.

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