Hyphenation of orphan

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word orphan? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of orphan:

1.	A child who has lost both parents
2.	Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
3.	The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
4.	A young animal without a mother
5.	Deprive of parents

Synonyms of orphan:

adj	orphaned, unparented, parentless
noun	child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
noun	person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun	line
noun	young, offspring
verb	deprive, strip, divest

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.