fatherless

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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