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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foundling \Found"ling\, n. [OE. foundling, fundling; finden to find + -ling; cf f["u]ndling, findling. See {Find}, v. t., and {-ling}.] A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. {Foundling hospital}, a hospital for foundlings. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foundling n : a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown [syn: {abandoned infant}]
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