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motherless
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective motherless has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
motherless, a. [AS. mōdorleás.].
Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
motherless
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
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