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Waif Common

Waif has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

"street children beg or steal in order to survive"

2

Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.

3

A small flag used as a signal.

4

Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.

5

A minor celebrity who does not deserve his or her fame.

Verb
1

To be cast aside or rejected, and thus become a waif.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
child
Rhyming Words
naif raif saif taif tawaif superwaif
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