- Bereaved child - Child whose parents are dead - Child without living parents - Foundling - Guttersnipe - Harp on about Little Annie, for example - Harp on about parentless child
- Parent - Patriarch - One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a
generator; a male parent. - A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the
plural, fathers, ancestors. - One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,
affetionate care, counsel, or protection. - A respectful mode of address to an old man. - A senator of ancient Rome.