Search Result for "foundling_hospital":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for;
[syn: creche, foundling hospital]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foundling hospital n 1: a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for [syn: creche, foundling hospital]