Definition of waif

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waif ¹    (wf) KEY  

NOUN:

1. 1. A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.
   2. An abandoned young animal.
2. Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, ownerless property, stray animal, from Anglo-Norman, probably of Scandinavian origin; see weip- in Indo-European roots

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