FOUNDLING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

Synonyms:

abandoned infant; foundling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("foundling" is a kind of...):

babe; baby; infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk)

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