Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orphan train

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: or-phan -train
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the trains, operating between 1854 and 1929, that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest.

Inflected Forms

orphan trains (plural)

Questions

What does orphan train mean?: One of the trains, operating between 1854 and 1929, that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest.

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