[Lexicog] opposite of orphan

[John Roberts]

Wayne,

... curious that "half-orphan" doesn't appear as either a main entry or a
sub-entry in my NODE or CHAMBERS English dictionaries. Are there any English
dictionaries which has "half-orphan" as such? Is it a US coinage? It
generated 873 hits with Google, so it appears to be a widely used term. But
it is not half odd that it is not listed in major English dictionaries.

John R.


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From: "Wayne Leman" <wayne_leman at sil.org>
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Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 2:23 PM
Subject: [Lexicog] opposite of orphan


> And, FWIW, John, a child who has lost one parent through death is a half
> orphan.
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>> In most of the English dictionaries I have looked at *orphan* means 'a
>> child
>> who has lost both (biological) parents through death'.
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>> John Roberts
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