Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word WAIF

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Definitions of WAIF

1. Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
2. (Britain, law, archaic) Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
3. (figuratively)
4. (transitive) To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.
5. (nautical, chiefly, whaling, historical) A small flag used as a signal.
6. (informal, derogatory) A minor celebrity who does not deserve his or her fame.

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