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waif

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waif 1  (wf)
n.
1.
a. A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.
b. An abandoned young animal.
2. Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea.

[Middle English, ownerless property, stray animal, from Anglo-Norman, probably of Scandinavian origin; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]

waif
Noun
a person, esp. a child, who is, or who looks as if he or she might be, homeless or neglected [Anglo-Norman]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.waifwaif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

waif
Translations
waif
n waif [weif]
a stray, uncared-for child a poor little waif. wegloopkind شارِد، شَخْص أو حَيَوان ضال бездомник opuštěné dítě hjemløst barn verlassenes obdachloses Kind αλητάκι niño abandonado/desamparado kodutu (laps) بچه بي سرپرست löytölapsi enfant abandonné יֶלֶד עָזוּב परित्यक्त शिशु nahoče lelenc anak terlantar umkomuleysingi; munaðarleysingi (bambino abbandonato) 浮浪児 부랑아 valkataujantis, benamis vaikas bezpajumtnieks budak terbiar zwerveling hjemløst barn, gatebarn porzucone dziecko, przybłęda órfão copil abandonat беспризорник tulák, najdúch brezdomec beskućnik föräldralöst (hemlöst) barn, gatubarn สัตว์เลี้ยงที่หลงทาง; เด็กที่ถูกทอดทิ้ง; เด็กจรจัด; เด็กข้างถนน kimsesiz çocuk 流浪兒 безпритульна дитина; покидьок لاوارث شے trẻ bơ vơ


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Then, too, there was the mute appeal of this wee waif alone and unloved in the midst of the horrors of the savage jungle.
He agreed to furnish the crew with provisions during their stay in his territories, and to return to them all their clothing that could be found, but he stipulated that the wreck should be abandoned to him as a waif cast by fortune on his shores.
He was followed almost immediately by Hiram Da Souza, who, curiously enough, seemed to have been on the platform when the train came in and to have been much interested in this shabby, lonely old man, who carried himself like a waif stranded in an unknown land.
 
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