OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 41710

foundling

Meanings (ES + gloss)
expósito
An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
In foundling hospitals, and among the children brought up by parish charities, the mortality is still greater than among those of the common people.
foundling hospital
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