waifs
Meaning of waifs
plural noun
- a homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child.
she is foster mother to various waifs and strays
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old Northern French gaif, probably of Scandinavian origin. Early use was often in waif and stray, as a legal term denoting a piece of property found and, if unclaimed, falling to the lord of the manor.
Information about waifs
- It is a name.
- The singular form of waifs is: waif.
- Languages in which waifs is used:
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Hyphenation of waifs
waifs
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- waifs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
waifs synonyms
Meaning a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes:
Meaning a scruffy and badly behaved child who spends most of their time on the street:
Meaning an infant that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others:
Meaning a child whose parents are dead:
Meaning a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal:
Meaning a person who has been rejected or ostracized by their society or social group:
Meaning a street urchin:
Meaning a person who scavenges in river mud for objects of value:
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