Definition of Foundling

1. Noun. A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown.

Exact synonyms: Abandoned Infant
Generic synonyms: Babe, Baby, Infant

Definition of Foundling

1. n. A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.

Definition of Foundling

1. Noun. an abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foundling

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foundling

founder principle
foundered
founderies
foundering
founderous
founders
foundershaft
foundery
foundherentism
foundherentist
founding
founding father
founding member
founding members
foundings
foundling
foundling hospital
foundling wheel
foundlings
foundress
foundresses
foundries
foundry
foundry proof
foundryman
foundryman's fever
foundrymen
founds
fount
fount of honor

Literary usage of Foundling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Robert Belt (1820)
"They stated that the Foundling Hospital had been established by letters patent, confirmed by act of parliament (IS Geo. 2. c. 29. ..."

2. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Since 1760, however, it has not been used as a foundling hospital, ... (Neither in London nor in any other part of England are there any foundling hospitals ..."

3. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"Foundling Hospital—Mr. Hewlet—Mr. More—English preachers— A sermon of ... I have frequently attended divine service at the chapel of the Foundling Hospital. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1867)
"Foundling Hospitals. In those ancient nations with the details of whose social life we are acquainted, the practice of exposing newborn infants ..."

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