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Definition of Foundlings

Foundling
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. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.

Meaning of Foundlings from wikipedia

- in which the title refers to a "receiver of foundlings" who were placed in a device called a "foundling wheel", in the wall of a church or hospital....
- O'Brien The Foundling (1940 film), a 1940 comedy drama An abandoned child, see child abandonment New York Foundling, a child welfare agency Foundlings (Noon...
- definite institutions for foundlings were established in such towns as Trèves, Milan and Montpellier. Historically, care for foundlings tended to develop more...
- ****ens lived in Doughty Street, near the Foundling Hospital, and rented a pew in the chapel. The foundlings inspired characters in his novels including...
- The Foundling Museum in Brunswick Square, London, tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for children at risk of abandonment....
- Foundling-Bird (original German title: Fundevogel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 51. It is Aarne–Thompson type 313A,...
- The Foundling is the seventh studio album by country artist Mary Gauthier. All tracks composed by Mary Gauthier; except where indicated Mary Gauthier...
- The New York Foundling, founded in 1869 by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity, is one of New York City's oldest and largest child welfare agencies...
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman...
- The Fascinating Foundling (1909) is a short comic play by George Bernard Shaw. Shaw classified it as one of his "tomfooleries". He was so unimpressed...