Foundling
noun
A baby that has been abandoned and discovered and cared for by others.
The baby was a foundling, left on the steps of the church in a small basket.
Often appears as...
- foundling hospital
- foundling wheel
noun
A baby that has been abandoned and discovered and cared for by others.
The baby was a foundling, left on the steps of the church in a small basket.
Often appears as...
- foundling hospital
- foundling wheel
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Usage
Originally referred to foundlings cared for at charitable institutions during earlier centuries.
The foundling was taken to a home that specifically catered to such children in the 1800s.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Associations
'Foundling' can evoke emotions of sympathy and a sense of responsibility to help the abandoned.
When they found the foundling, the neighbors quickly gathered clothes and food for the baby.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Foundlings often appear in literature as characters with mysterious or noble hidden origins.
The story unfolds to reveal the foundling is actually the heir to a great fortune.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Usage
Originally referred to foundlings cared for at charitable institutions during earlier centuries.
The foundling was taken to a home that specifically catered to such children in the 1800s.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Associations
'Foundling' can evoke emotions of sympathy and a sense of responsibility to help the abandoned.
When they found the foundling, the neighbors quickly gathered clothes and food for the baby.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Foundlings often appear in literature as characters with mysterious or noble hidden origins.
The story unfolds to reveal the foundling is actually the heir to a great fortune.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Usage
Originally referred to foundlings cared for at charitable institutions during earlier centuries.
The foundling was taken to a home that specifically catered to such children in the 1800s.
Pro Tip 2/3Modern Associations
'Foundling' can evoke emotions of sympathy and a sense of responsibility to help the abandoned.
When they found the foundling, the neighbors quickly gathered clothes and food for the baby.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Foundlings often appear in literature as characters with mysterious or noble hidden origins.
The story unfolds to reveal the foundling is actually the heir to a great fortune.
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Video examples
Fighting Over Abandoned...
and females will actually fight over orphans in the end there's no chance that one female can raise a foundling by herself
Video examples
Fighting Over Abandoned...
and females will actually fight over orphans in the end there's no chance that one female can raise a foundling by herself
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Quote examples
Tilda Swinton
English Actress
I spent a lot of time thinking that I was some kind of foundling, that I had been a changeling, that I had been found under a bush somewhere, and that I couldn't possibly be kin - but the more I live, the more I feel absolutely like I come out of my family. I'm a sort of strange natural progression.
Quote examples
Lady Bird Johnson
American First Lady
A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
Quote examples
Tilda Swinton
English Actress
I spent a lot of time thinking that I was some kind of foundling, that I had been a changeling, that I had been found under a bush somewhere, and that I couldn't possibly be kin - but the more I live, the more I feel absolutely like I come out of my family. I'm a sort of strange natural progression.
Quote examples
Lady Bird Johnson
American First Lady
A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
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