foundlings in English

noun
1
an infant that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others.
The hospital was the parent of all foundlings admitted until they reached the age of 21, overseers and other local officials having no power in the hospital.
synonyms:abandoned infantwaifstrayorphanoutcast
noun

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1. Miriam and Amina were not foundlings.

2. They provided hospices for the sick or for raising the innumerable foundlings.

3. FOUNDLINGS, Asylums, ALMSHOUSES AND ORPHANAGES: EARLY ROOTS OF CHILD PROTECTION Dona Schneider' Edward 1

4. Of about half a million foundlings christened in workhouses after 17 only 40 percent survived to their second birthday.

5. ABBOTT Such foundlings often fell into the hands of those whose trade was Beggary and who trained children for the same profession