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Meanings of motherless in English

Motherless.

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Usage of motherless in English
1
India, and he could not take his motherless and tender infants thither.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 23
2
The woman had come to this country as a motherless, penniless refugee.
Roast mortem
3
Of all the bullets in the barrage, one might leave Scout motherless.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
4
Uncheedah was the boy's grandmother, who had brought up the motherless child.
Indian Boyhood
5
You were a motherless babe, then, and I was a childless mother.
The Girls at Mount Morris
6
Her little daughter will be motherless, our home will be broken up.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
7
For a moment he felt as if Vere were bereaved, were motherless.
A Spirit in Prison
8
Jill, an only child and motherless, had led a glorious care-free existence.
Desert Love
9
I took my motherless brood to God's temple to thank Him there.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
10
Was He good to Waboose when He left her fatherless and motherless?
The Big Otter
11
Fatherless now as well as motherless; and friendless as well as fatherless!
The Man
12
Not a white man round but the motherless drunk there,' said Mike.
In the Roaring Fifties
13
You cared not for my sorrowing heart, my motherless life to come.'
Legends of Vancouver
14
As a father his motherless child, I had borne and tended her!
Lilith: A Romance
15
We were wanting our breakfasts, and so were it too, motherless babby!
Mary Barton
16
But Rosalie-poorlittle desolate, motherless Rosalie!-hadthe Good Shepherd quite forgotten her?
A Peep Behind the Scenes
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Motherless across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common