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Motherless definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOTHERLESS, a. Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as motherless children.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having no living or known mother

Merriam Webster's

adjective see mother I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Motherless Moth"er*less, a. [AS. m[=o]dorle['a]s.] Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You describe children as motherless if their mother has died or does not live with them. ...Michael's seven motherless children. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

abandoned, aidless, bereaved, bereft, defenseless, deprived, deserted, desolate, fatherless, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guideless, helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, orphan, orphaned, outcast, parentless, pregnable, unfriended, unprotected, untenable, vulnerable, widowed