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Meaning of 'waif'
Meaning of 'waif' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Waif 
[ n.]
- Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such
goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which
belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took
him, and brought him to justice. [ n.]- Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
- A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
Meaning of 'waif' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. waif [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
- a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
Example in sentence:
- street children beg or steal in order to survive
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