[usuallybeforenoun] without a father, either because he has died or because he does not live with his children:
fatherless children / families * His long periods abroad left the family virtually fatherless.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is fatherless a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fatherless is tagged as adjective.
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