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Noun
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During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school.

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soldier school child orphan
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Rhyming Words
ner oner tiner inner saner niner avner viner boner liner doner runer ziner toner epner awner fener naner owner exner
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