Words Like WAIF
We have put together a list of words that are similar to WAIF.
4 Alternative Words Similar to waif
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Tiddler
Noun Hypernym
10 definitions of waif
1
Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
2
Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
3
A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
4
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
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A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.
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An abandoned young animal.
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Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea.
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Anything blown by the wind or drifted in by the ocean; a thing tossed abroad and abandoned; a stray or odd piece or article.
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In law: Goods found of which the owner is not known.