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foundling

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. foundling (noun)
  2. foundling hospital (noun)

found·ling

noun \ˈfau̇n(d)-liŋ\

Definition of FOUNDLING

: an infant found after its unknown parents have abandoned it
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First Known Use of FOUNDLING

14th century

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