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# fatherless

«fatherless» in Mova's school dictionary: **without a father, because he has died, left or is not known** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fatherless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fatherless means without a father, because he has died, left or is not known. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#m1)

2) In old writing, «the fatherless» means children without fathers, often named with widows as people to care for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Stories and family lessons; the Bible often asks people to care for «the widow and the fatherless». Families come in many shapes, and children without a father at home can have very happy lives. Phrases: fatherless child, the fatherless.

### examples

- In the story, the fatherless boy was raised by his grandmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#x1)
- The charity helps fatherless children with school costs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#x2)
- (Bible) The psalm says God defends the fatherless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#x3)
- Being fatherless did not stop her becoming a great scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#x4)
- Many famous people grew up fatherless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#x5)
- The village looked after the fatherless family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/#x6)

### note

A sensitive word; in class use kindly. Similar: motherless, parentless, orphan (without both parents, usually). The suffix -less means without.

### In the corpora

- [(22-21) Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.637/)
- [He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.314/)
- [Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.656/)
- [Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.722/)
- [Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fatherless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatherless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.