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foundling

[ found-ling ]

noun

  1. an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.


foundling

/ ˈfaʊndlɪŋ /

noun

  1. an abandoned infant whose parents are not known
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foundling1

First recorded in 1250–1300, foundling is from the Middle English word found(e)ling. See found 2, -ling 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foundling1

C13: foundeling ; see find
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Example Sentences

But not everyone agrees with the use of the modern foundling wheel.

It is true that the parents so provided think more of the twenty-five francs than they do of the foundling.

The little blue placard hung over the cot, as in the foundling hospitals, states the child's nationality: "Moldo, Wallachian."

The Foundling Hospital is another of the public institution of which the people are justly proud.

Much in the same way many a modern maiden places her shame-covered infant in the turn-table of a foundling institution.

Perhaps he himself had been a foundling laid on the doorstep long ago, belonging neither to his mother nor to anyone else.

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