fatherless
fat·her·less
adjective
1.
2.
not having a known or legally responsible father
Origin
From Middle English faderles, federles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-Germanic *fadērlausaz, equivalent to father + -less. Cognate with German vaterlos.
Phrases
- father figure
- half orphan
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