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Meaning waif meaning

What does waif mean?

— noun (= street child) a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned street children beg or steal in order to survive

What other words have the same or similar meaning as waif?

street child stray homeless child urchin street children street Arab ragamuffin orphan juvenile vagrant homeless person homeless gamine gamin foundling

What do people use waif to talk about?

What words refer to someone who has been abandoned?

abandoned child waif street kid