For‐lorn″, n. 1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. Shak.
2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy. Oliver Cromvell.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.