'Foundling' definitions:
Definition of 'foundling'
(from WordNet)
noun
A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown [syn: foundling, abandoned infant]
Definition of 'Foundling'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'foundling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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