For a fatherless Kabyle child, to show that he accepts his affliction, a saying makes him say: "It does not matter who will marry my mother, I will be his stepson."
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Fatherless
Synonyms for "fatherless" (45 found)
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Related words (22)
Adjective(7 words)
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10 entriesfatherless childfatherless familyfatherless governancefatherless leadershipfatherless rhetoricfatherless youthfoundlingorphanorphanhoodpaternal deprivation
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9 entriesfatherless childfatherless environmentfatherless familiesfatherless familyfatherless generationfatherless householdfatherless householdsfatherless upbringingfatherless youth
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3 entriesSample sentences
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They were two fatherless boys.
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“Homer’s Triple Bypass” has the potential to be the most depressing episode in the history of The Simpsons, if not television as whole. It is, after all, about a 36-year-old husband and father staring down death and the prospect of leaving his wife a young widow and his small children fatherless.
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