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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

foundling
    n 1: a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are
         unknown [syn: foundling, abandoned infant]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

FOUNDLING. A new-born child, abandoned by, its parents, who are unknown. The 
settlement of, such a child is in the place where found.

Thesaurus Results for Foundling:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

bonus, buried treasure, castaway, castoff, derelict, discard, discovery, dogie, find, finding, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, gravy, jetsam, junk, lagan, orphan, outcast, refuse, reject, rubbish, stray, trash, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, waif, waifs, waifs and strays, wastrel, windfall, windfall money, windfall profit

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