adjective
definition
Without a (living) father.
definition
Without a known author or inventor.
Examples of fatherless in a Sentence
At his death in 1624 Heriot left his estate in trust to the magistrates and ministers of Edinburgh for the maintenance and teaching of poor fatherless sons of freemen.
The fatherless child had sore trials.
The Hero, Left At The Head Of A Fatherless Family Of Twelve When Nearly Through College, Turns From The Glut Of Graduates Swarming Round The Prospects Of Professional City Bred Careers, Steadfastly Wrests A Home From The Wilderness, Helps His Brothers And Sisters, Marries A Habitante Fit For The Wife Of A Pioneer,.
The outraged Scottish lords rose in revolt in the name of the now fatherless Prince James.
And now that poor girl has to give birth to a fatherless baby.
Noteworthy, again, is the appeal to religious and ethical considerations in order to prevent injustice to the widow and fatherless and to unhappy debtors; statutory laws are either unknown, or, more probably, are presupposed.
Left fatherless at an early age, he was educated under the care of his uncle, a Camaldolese monk, who in 1627 sent him to Rome to study science under the Benedictine Benedetto Castelli (1577-1644), professor of mathematics at the Collegio, di Sapienza.
We also note the same generous inclusion of the household slaves and of the resident alien as well as the fatherless and widow that characterizes the autumnal festival of "Booths."
In many ways I grew up fatherless, at least emotionally, with a father that was physically present but never emotionally.
Most I regret parting with my family; many of them are unprotected and will be left fatherless.
Christ's hospital was specially devoted to fatherless and motherless children.