fatherless

[ fah-th er-lis ]

/ ˈfɑ ðər lɪs /

not having a living father: a fatherless boy.

not having a known or legally responsible father.

Origin of fatherless

before 1000; Middle English faderles, Old English fæderlēas. See father, -less

Fatherless and emotionally needy, du Pont was a loner who sought companionship and adoration—usually at great financial cost.

Foxcatcher’s Real-Life Psycho Killer |Marlow Stern |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
All the shirtless photos hunting tigers and harpooning whales are love letters to the endless queues of fatherless girls.

Russia’s Gold Digger Academy |Peter Pomerantsev |November 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless, that had no helper.

The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version |Various
Came from New York ten years ago with her fatherless children.

To and Through Nebraska |Frances I. Sims Fulton

"Widowed and fatherless; God pity them," came in a low voice from a sad-faced woman, clad in the sable robes of mourning.

Clemence |Retta Babcock
Any representative citizen living in the community in which the fatherless family resides will accompany a family to court.

Seven Legs Across the Seas |Samuel Murray
For 'the fatherless children and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed?'

The Right of Way, Complete |Gilbert Parker

fatherless

/ (ˈfɑːðəlɪs) /

having no father