Or″phan (?), n. [L. orphanus, Gr. �, akin to L. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.] A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
Orphans' court(Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.