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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread widow/orphan/??? #103219 05/13/03 07:23 PM Joined: May 2003 Posts: 6 M Magdalene OP stranger OP Magdalene stranger M Joined: May 2003 Posts: 6 When someone's spouse dies, they become a widow or widower. When someone's parents die, they become an orphan. Is there no specific word in English to describe a person whose child or children have died? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted widow/orphan/??? Magdalene 05/13/03 07:23 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? wwh 05/13/03 10:15 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? Magdalene 05/13/03 10:28 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? Faldage 05/13/03 11:59 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? Magdalene 05/14/03 12:12 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? Faldage 05/14/03 10:28 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? of troy 05/14/03 12:28 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? of troy 05/14/03 09:57 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? Magdalene 05/15/03 12:17 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? JohnHawaii 05/15/03 12:45 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? Magdalene 05/15/03 12:59 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? JohnHawaii 05/15/03 02:49 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? wordminstrel 05/15/03 01:06 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? Bingley 05/15/03 05:09 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? birdfeed 05/15/03 03:09 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? wordminstrel 05/16/03 03:18 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? JohnHawaii 05/16/03 07:52 AM Re: Infant mortality Faldage 05/16/03 12:58 PM Re: Infant mortality Capfka 05/16/03 05:24 PM Re: Infant mortality WhitmanO'Neill 05/16/03 08:36 PM Re: Infant mortality consuelo 05/16/03 10:03 PM Re: Infants continually WhitmanO'Neill 05/17/03 12:35 PM Re: Infants continually of troy 05/17/03 03:11 PM Re: Infants continually WhitmanO'Neill 05/18/03 09:09 PM Re: Infants continually of troy 05/18/03 10:30 PM Re: Infants continually JohnHawaii 05/19/03 12:22 AM Re: Infants continually Jackie 05/19/03 01:32 AM Louisiana's Roman Catholic Heritage Father Steve 05/19/03 12:39 AM Re: Louisiana's Roman Catholic Heritage Jackie 05/19/03 01:30 AM First Amendment and Music Father Steve 05/19/03 02:33 AM Re: First Amendment and Music of troy 05/19/03 12:58 PM Re: First Amendment and Music Capfka 05/19/03 02:48 PM Music as just entertainment??? musick 05/19/03 06:15 PM Re: Music as just entertainment??? belligerentyouth 05/20/03 01:38 PM Re: Music as just entertainment??? musick 05/20/03 03:58 PM Re: Louisiana's Roman Catholic Heritage Bean 05/20/03 01:58 PM Re: Louisiana's Roman Catholic Heritage of troy 05/20/03 02:18 PM The Hardest Case Father Steve 05/20/03 06:16 PM Re: The Hardest Case of troy 05/20/03 06:26 PM Re: The Hardest Case belligerentyouth 05/20/03 07:43 PM Re: Good Friday and Easter Monday Capfka 05/20/03 09:15 PM What are garden centres? AnnaStrophic 05/20/03 09:18 PM Re: What are garden centres? Jackie 05/21/03 01:38 AM Re: What are garden centres? Bean 05/21/03 02:14 PM Re: What are garden centres? tsuwm 05/21/03 02:20 PM Fall in Zild AnnaStrophic 05/21/03 02:24 PM Re: What are garden centres? birdfeed 05/21/03 03:46 PM Re: What are garden centres? Bean 05/21/03 04:25 PM Re: What are garden centres? Faldage 05/21/03 04:36 PM Re: What are garden centres? Capfka 05/21/03 09:18 PM Re: Infants continually Capfka 05/17/03 06:08 PM Re: Infant mortality wordminstrel 05/17/03 06:46 AM Siblingly Challenged musick 05/16/03 10:18 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? wordminstrel 05/15/03 12:41 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? Bingley 05/14/03 01:35 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? anchita 05/14/03 07:06 PM Re: widow/orphan/??? Bingley 05/15/03 04:58 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? TEd Remington 05/24/03 11:16 AM Re: widow/orphan/??? Magdalene 05/24/03 10:37 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 651 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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