MOTHERLESS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:			m'udhurlus
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adj]  having no living or known mother
	Synonyms:		parentless, unparented
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Moth"er*less\, a. [AS. m[=o]dorle['a]s.] Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		abandoned, aidless, bereaved, bereft, defenseless, deprived, deserted, desolate, fatherless, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guideless, helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, orphan, orphaned, outcast, parentless, pregnable, unfriended, unprotected, untenable, vulnerable, widowed