English-Thai Dictionary

foundling

N ทารก ที่ ถูก ทิ้ง  ta-rok-ti-tuk-ting

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOUNDLING

n.[from found, find. ] A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. A hospital for such children is called a foundling hospital.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOUNDLING

Found "ling, n. Etym: [OE. foundling, fundling; finden to find + -ling; cf. fündling, findling. See Find, v. t., and -ling. ]

 

Defn: A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

foundling

found ling |ˈfoundliNG ˈfaʊndlɪŋ | ▶noun an infant that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others. ORIGIN Middle English: from found 1 (past participle ) + -ling, perhaps on the pattern of Dutch vondeling.

 

Oxford Dictionary

foundling

found |ling |ˈfaʊndlɪŋ | ▶noun an infant that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others. ORIGIN Middle English: from found 1 (past participle ) + -ling, perhaps on the pattern of Dutch vondeling.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

foundling

foundling noun it was during the Depression that Mrs. Aronson took in eight little foundlings and raised them as her own: abandoned infant, waif, stray, orphan, outcast.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

foundling

foundling noun the foster family was seen as the best place for foundlings: abandoned infant, waif, stray, orphan, outcast; French enfant trouvé; archaic wastrel.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

foundling

found ling /fáʊndlɪŋ /名詞 C ｟古 ｠捨て [拾い ]子 .