Kid
Kid noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Orphan
Both words in one sentence
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Subverted in that the Thief Lord turns out to be a kid himself, and not actually an orphan/runaway, but a rich kid stealing petty items from his dad's house.
Source: The Fagin -
Death Note: The kids from Wammy's House seem to have shades of this, being a group of orphan geniuses raised to find the kid that will one day become L's successor.
Source: Kid Detective - Brody dances with children who have phrases like "orphan", "underprivileged kid", "broken home", "incorrigible", "welfare recipient", "father is a disk jock" written on their sweatshirts.
Source: Film / Young Doctors in Love
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Orphan or Kid. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/kid/orphan.
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