Definition of orphans:
(n) :
A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
(n) :
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
(adj) :
Deprived of parents (also orphaned).
(n) :
A young animal with no mother.
(n) :
(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
(n) :
(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.